On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 11:39:19AM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > Just my perception of it:- > It's unnecessary. If someone is already subscribed to a list, obviously > they are going to receive the post. To cc as well, to the same > recipient, is not only pointless, it can be invasive. > > If this situation is not brought about by incorrect heading, then one > has to wonder why some people feel a requirement to do it? Is there a > reason? Are there any advocates of this behaviour pattern that would > care to enlighten us? > Regards, I like getting CCs. I receive hundreds of mailing list mail a day and might not be able to check up on all of them every day, but I make sure to check my main inbox, that way I can see if anybody replied to anything I said. Another reason is that this list sometimes gets overwhelmed and posts don't appear for over an hour, but CC's arrive almost instantaneously. The extra bandwidth consumed is very small. On the order of 10 extra emails over the hundreds I already get each day. Also for some lists (not debian-user yet) I use gmane where I read and write to the list through a news interface. In that case it's also nice to get copies of replies to my messages directly through email. Bijan -- Bijan Soleymani <bijan@psq.com> http://www.crasseux.com
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