Re: Cc: ing to debian-user when replying to a question
I'm guessing it depends on your mail app. I use mutt and unless I actively
CC: the list, it only goes to the author of the original message. But some
mail apps will automatically put the incoming CC: addresses into the reply's
CC:.
The fact that you're subscribed to the mailing list doesn't matter when you
respond. Your mail client doesn't care about lists, it cares about the addresses
in the fields. If you changed your To: to be the list address, then it would
forward the message to the rest of us, but if you just send a message to
foo@bar.com, it has no way of knowing to copy it to the list.
You should get two copies of this mail, one directly mailed to you and one
redirected by the list server.
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 11:53:13PM -0700, Jimmy Richards scribbled...
> Hi All,
>
>
> There is something I have been confused/wondering about for some
> time. I thought I once saw someone say in their reply that they
> didn't need to Cc: to debian-user@lists.debian.org when replying to
> a message because they are already signed up on the mailing list. It
> looks like I am seeing two messages from some people who have
> replied to a question from someone. Which to me means that they
> replied to the the person asking the question, and Cc:'d to
> debian-users lists, resulting in me(and everyone on the mailing list
> I imagine) receiving two replys that are exactly the same. One of of
> them being an unessary duplicate because of the Cc:. I have been Cc
> my replies to the debian-user list lately because I thought maybe my
> responses were only going to the person I was replying to. But I
> don't know. Do I need to put in the Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> if I want to make sure it goes out to everyone? Or is this automatic
> because I am signed up on the mail list. I tried looking at the FAQ
> for the mailing list to see if I could find anything about this
> subject, but didn't see anything on it. I'm wodering if I don't need
> to be Cc'ing, then how does that work? How does it go out to
> everyone? If someone could enlighten me I'd sure appreciate it.
> Excuse me for my ignorance on this matter, but I thinking I might
> not be the only one cornfused... :-)
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jimmy Richards
>
>
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