Re: Mailing lists, CC, followup-to, netiquette and all the rest [was: direct ethernet connection between computer and printer]

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Monday 19 October 2015 08:28:16 Joe wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:47:02 +1300
>
> Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 09:21:49PM +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > > > tomas said:
> > > > Yes, you are right about the CoC part. Still, if someone is picky
> > > > about *not* being cc'ed, I'd consider it polite to at least do
> > > > his/her part and express this wish with the headers in use for
> > > > this purpose. At least *before* scolding others <:*)
> > >
> > > Don't take me wrong. I think its reasonable. But I think also we
> > > should try to be gentle about it (and try to "fix" as much as
> > > possible on our sides).
> >
> > So you're saying that someone who is following the code should go out
> > of their way to accomodate the ones who won't follow the code?
>
> A little way, not too far.
>
> It's not really a matter of getting one more unsolicited email in
> this day and age, the point of this kind of list is to stand as an
> archive, so that the various answers to the questions, and just as
> importantly, the wanderings down the byways, remain to help others in
> the future.

Quite.  And that will only work if people reply to list and do not break the 
threads.

Lisi