Jerry: My understanding is, when an individual writes to you privately, you should reply to that person only. You may use the information sent to you, but you may not re-post the message in its entirety without the consent of the person who wrote to you. Irene (Canada) On 1-Mar-12, at 2:09 PM, Jerrold Brosious wrote: > Hi, I just posted an item and have already heard from two people. > Before making any replies to the list, I need guidance. When > someone replies > to me and I want my reply to go to The List---which will include that > individual----when I hit reply it shows just the name of that person > as > recipient of my response. For me, almost always I'll want it to go > to the > whole list, so must I always choose "reply to all" ? Or will it > automatically > go to [email protected] even though it doesn't show as > recipient? > > > Jerry