Re: mailinglist replying
On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 05:28:32PM -0800, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote:
>
> Hey Bart,
>
> It's pretty much up to you. I like to respond to the list becuase this can
> often help others. I rarely CC anyone unless another person is having
> similar problems I am (and you just KNOW that's rare!).
>
> tatah
>
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Bart Friederichs wrote:
> > since i am quite at mailinglists like these, i was wondering, what is the
> > best way of replying to a posted message? reply to sender only, to list
> > only, or to sender with a CC to the list?
> >
> > i would like to know, because i keep getting all replys to my own posts
> > twice. i there some convention? some sort of mailinglist-iquette or
> > something?
> >
> > bart
> >
I think the rule of thumb for mailing lists is to treat them like
newsgroups. That is, post to the list, read on the list. That way
lurkers can read a whole thread -- and the whole thread will make sense.
There's no reason to CC someone if your posting to the list, since then
the person gets two copies (annoying). Non-topical issues (i.e. not
about Debian/Linux) should go "off-list" in general.
My 2¢...
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