On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 02:00:41AM -0800, ben wrote: > On Monday 18 February 2002 01:24 am, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 11:14:46PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 01:04:49AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > > And it's > > > > pretty widely accepted that if someone replies to one of your posts, > > > > you will get duplicates in your mailbox. (The reply, and the copy of > > > > the reply on the list.) > > > > > > I dunno, most people hate getting duplicates. I ditched sylpheed after > > > a couple of months largely because it doesn't have a list reply > > > feature like mutt. I only CC people if they request it, otherwise I > > > treat mailing lists like usenet (read here, post here). > > > > Me too. I might be silly, but I almost get upset when I recieve an > > unrequested copy sent directly to me. > > i agree with what you say here but i can't help noticing that you did cc to > eric on your post. Oops! I used the list-reply function in mutt (Shift-L), though. In my muttrc I have lists debian-user I thought that would be enough. Hm. I will have to keep an eye on mutt for a while. Thanks for pointing that out. > in any case, given that duplicates are inherently > redundant, maybe something should be added to the list subscription > confirmation to point out that cc'ing a post's author shouldn't happen unless > specifically requested. > > ben Good idea. Now, do you suggest that to listmaster@lists.debian.org?
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