Subject: Re: news index

From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 12:13:13 -0500

On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Greg L Stassi wrote:

> in the index how come it says everybody's name or email address and for my
> posts it says: "to:comp.mail.pine."?! 

    Because that's the way it works. :-)  It is presumed that you
already know your own name, in which case to whom you sent something
might be more useful information.

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From: [email-masked] (Scott Buntin)
Date: 20 Nov 1996 07:36:33 GMT

On Tue, 19 Nov 1996 10:07:34 -0600, Greg L Stassi <[email-masked]> wrote:
>Hey
>gs
Because, presumably, you know who sent posts that you sent.  It's 
there to give you information which should be more useful than
your own name.

Makes more sense in a mail folder.  Take a look at your sent-mail
folder - you'll see the addresses you sent mail to, instead of
your own name umpty-gazillion times.  Convenient, no?

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Scott Buntin