replying to message
reddit / bbs

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angelus78gak · 2019-11-09 17:59

what is the format to reply to more than one person in a bbs message
area?

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electronicchicken · 2019-11-10 01:48

You could change the "to" field to "all" if that applies. Otherwise I
normally leave it addressed to the person who wrote the message I'm
replying to, then mention other people in the body of the message.

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angelus78gak · 2019-11-10 04:21

Is there a way to reply to specific people? E.g: Tom;Fred;Jenny?

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electronicchicken · 2019-11-10 16:47

Multiple recipients are not a common feature in most BBS software /
message readers as far as I know. On Synchronet in a local message
area that wouldn't work because the To user must exist, and it would
treat that entire list as a username - however it would accept that To
field in a networked message area. Even then there is no guarantee
that the software on the other end would parse the list of names and
handle it in any special way. The people in the list probably won't be
notified that you addressed a message to them / might miss it
depending on their scan settings - because the To field does not equal
their name.

It would be a nice feature, but even if some packages added it,
support would not be universal.

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SirAirWalker · 2019-11-11 02:10

I mean I know usually you can tag several files for download by
1,2,3,7,8 etc .. but I've never seen anyone tag more than one person
at a time.. I don't think the message editors are programmed that way.
That's a good question.