Re: should mail cc to original poster in this list

[Karl Ferguson <karl@tower.net.au>]

At 02:42 PM 14/03/97 +1100, Lawrence Chim wrote:
>For my curiosity only :-)
>
>In section 6.6, The Debian mailing lists, of the policy manual.  It
>said:
>
>"When replying to messages on the mailing list, please do not send a
>carbon
> copy (CC - this does not mean `courtesy copy') to the original poster.
> Anyone who posts to a mailing list should read it to see the
>responses."
>
>But occasionally, I receive mails twice (one from the debian lists and
>one from the poster).  Is this section still valid or I have to mail cc
>to
>the original poster and the list whenever I reply a mail.

If this is the case, then a Reply-To: header should be configured on all
our mailing lists to stop it happening (ie: Reply-To:
debian-user@lists.debian.org).

Regards

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