Re: netiquette: CCing on lists
----- Original Message -----
From: "Monique Y. Herman" <spam@bounceswoosh.org>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 13:30
Subject: Re: netiquette: CCing on lists
> On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 at 19:12 GMT, David Gaudine penned:
> >
> > On Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at 01:34 PM, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> >
> > > I believe I have the Mail-Followup-To header set on my outgoing
> > > messages, which should be a clue for some readers. (I was told that
> > > gmane would translate Mail-Copies-To to Mail-Followup-To
> > automagically.)
> >
> > With this mail program (the default Mac mail program, which I've not
> > used much), when I click "reply" it's your address that gets used. I
> > manually changed it in my earlier followup (surely you didn't get a CC
> > of that.) I don't know if it's because of your headers, the list, or
> > with this mail program. Regardless, the clue is not there.
>
> Hrm.. Does debian-user not set the reply-to to the list, or is this my
> headers munging it up, I wonder? When you reply to other mailing list
> messages, does it use the mailing list address?
>
> > I expect that some people like CCs so that they can see responses to
> > their own messages immediately and file away the rest for later, and
> > assume that everyone shares their preference. But your sig does seem
> > clear enough.
>
> My fiance prefers the CC thing. But then I always knew he had issues =P
>
> >
> > This is exactly the kind of message that I would be tempted to send to
> > the individual and not the list, since it doesn't mention Linux
> > anywhere, but I couldn't resist your "Pretty please".
> >
>
> That's exactly why I changed my sig to refer only to CCs, not to plain
> emails. Getting a personal email is reasonable, although in many cases
> personal emails prompted by the list would have been better off going to
> the list; getting two copies of the same message is a pain.
>
> You're right; it doesn't mention linux (or, more to the point, debian).
> But since most of this CC duplication seems to come from the list, I
> thought it reasonable to ask. Besides which, it *could* be construed as
> a question about slrn/gmane/MUA settings, in which case I think it
> *would* be on-topic.
>
> I probably should have emailed the CCers themselves, but I have long
> since deleted those messages.
>
> --
> monique
> PLEASE don't CC me. Please. Pretty please with sugar on top.
> Whatever it takes, just don't CC me! I'm already subscribed!!
>
I just clicked reply on OE Windows XP and guess who showed up in the To:
header. Since I didnt look at the header I dont have your address but I
suspect that is how it happens.
Hoyt
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