On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 07:36:34PM +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote: > > When using the Debian mailing lists, please follow these rules: > > . When replying to messages on the mailing list, do not send a > > carbon copy (CC) to the original poster unless they explicitly > > request to be copied.
> Couldn't the list manager add the proper Mail-Followup-To, if it is > not already present? I'm reading this mailing list through gmane.org. > It is not scalable to manually check all the rules of various groups, > even if doing so would be courteous. Maybe; I don't know if that would cause any problems. In case anyone thinks this is a good idea and wants to implement it (or if anyone less ambivalent than me wants to push for it), I'll CC to d-devel. > That rule is problematic if non-members post to the list, either > directly or accidentally by participating in a cross-posted > discussion. I think people tend to give more leeway when a discussion is being cross- posted and they get unwanted CCs. (People are usually busy just making sure the conversation stays on both lists.) It's a more reasonable default on most lists: usually, most people in a discussion are subscribed. It makes more sense to me to require that the few people posting to a list unsubscribed set a header saying so, than the majority of people posting subscribed do so. -- Glenn Maynard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
