Mark Fletcher: > You know we are not talking about running a nuclear reactor here, right? What is your point? > But this only works if all participants agree to use such headers, surely? No. The header I am referring to has been supported by all half-decent MUAs for years, possibly decades, and they work by default. > You'll never get the eclectic bunch that populate this list to do that. Or > does it need to be a feature of the machines hosting the list? > I'm sure she read it the first time, but to the point above, this is > either something each individual has to co-operate with (not a chance) or > something one or more maintainers of the list server(s) need to be > convinced to work on (ditto). This something that can be set up either on the mailing-list manager (and I blame the administrators for the Debian mailing-list for not having done so) or individually by anyone for their own mails. This is the strength of my argument: all people who whine about unwanted CCs to them could instead take half a minute to set up their headers in order to avoid them entirely. Their choice. > Actually, this one pretty much is - No, it is not. > it bases its action (or lack) on the > existence of the standard mail list headers. Very few mail lists do not > have these headers (Yahoo lists are one exception). Unfortunately, as far as I know, and if I am wrong please correct me with a reference, the standardized mailing-lists headers do not contain the policy about CCing. > Yes, you did, you spammed me too on this response. Your mail did not contain a standardized directive not to do so. Neither does one I am replying to now. Mine do (and I have explained the procedure to achieve it), therefore I never receive unwanted CCs and I am perfectly happy about it. I guess some people like whining. Regards, -- Nicolas George
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