Re: netiquette: CCing on lists
On Tuesday 28 October 2003 22:37, Richard Lyons wrote:
> Apparently not. I wonder why not. It would surely be a good idea -
> for those using simpler mail clients. I use kmail and filter lists
> direct to their own folders, where I set the reply-to-list address to
> try to prevent myself making mistakes...
I can't agree. For a review of the opposing viewpoints, see
http://marc.merlins.org/perso/listreplyto.html
I've been in both camps, but I have now settled for the "harmful" camp.
I've been to too many mailing lists with reply-tos, and what you get is
a lot of mis-sent private messages, and then a lot of "sorry, didn't
mean that", flame-wars over comments that weren't meant for the list,
and even "hell, remove that comment from the list archive". All that is
_far_ more annoying than the occasional CC, IMHO.
Me, I usually use KMail's very nice reply-to-list function, I might CC
people if they CC me, or if I suspect people to not be on the list.
But reply-to-list really works well.
Best,
Kjetil
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