Re: Q about mailing lists ethics
On Feb 08 2005, Benedict Verheyen wrote:
> Reply to the list without cc to the user is prefered by most people on
> the list. Some people don't mind if you cc them, others detest it.
Some people should learn now to use procmail efficiently.
Anyway, it is not uncommon for some people to post to a given mailing list
without being subscribed to it (this is common in many "support" lists ---
see, for instance, the Linux Kernel Mailing List, where the CC fields get
huge sometimes).
So, in summary, there is no way to correctly know if you should or not
include a copy to the person. The better thing is to just CC the person
and, if s/he complains, exclude him/her from further inclusions.
BTW, if you use mutt, you can set Mail-Followup-To and it will direct
mailers *that respect it* to correctly post messages when doing a group
reply.
Reading the addresses listed in my signature would also help with good
ethic ways to survive in mailing lists.
Hope this helps, Rogério.
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