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Re: ignoring the CoC in regards to cc:s (Re: Can we ship sources of a PDF file in the Debian diff?



On 2009-04-28, Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 08:25:29AM -0700, Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> wrote:
>> Peter Eisentraut <petere@debian.org> writes:
>> > Considering that most mailing list software has an elimnatecc feature,
>> > this is never really a problem for people who don't want that sort of
>> > behavior.
>> This "feature" is hideously broken for people (like myself) who split
>> list mail into separate folders, since it suppresses exactly the copy
>> that can be reasonably filed and leaves only the one that goes into
>> one's personal inbox.
>> I personally don't mind cc's or not cc's, but that suppress cc "feature"
>> is just horrible.
> OTOH, people annoyed with Cc's can setup filters on message-ids.

And then you mostly need to prefer the mail that comes last because it
has the proper list headers.  I have yet to see such a solution.
(I.e. those filters work just fine but eliminate later mails and direct
Cc:s are usually faster, unless greylisting is employed.)


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