On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 11:34:25AM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > I'm going to attempt to make this a polite question, rather than a rant > or flame ... > > For those of you who CC people when responding to the mailing list, why > do you do this? Is there some benefit to doing so of which I'm unaware? > > 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.) > I put a comment in my sig requesting that I not receive CCs, and I swear > that the number of CCs I received actually increased! > > What can I do that will convince habitual CCers not to CC me? Are there > technical means beyond the Mail-Followup-To header? > > -- > 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!! > >
// unfortunately, like with most polite requests, people do whatever they want anyway. or, al- though the "compliance level" of sophistication is low, they just don't have what it takes to get the job done. einstein "nailed" it regarding only 2 things being infinite: the universe and stupidity; and he wasn't sure about the former. luck. kthxbye. b. // -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]