On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:17:56 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: (...)
> Recently, someone posted something to the list and CCed me. Since I am > subscribed to the list, I get a private e-mail for each posting to the > list. If a poster also CCs me, I have been used to getting two copies: > one directly (via the CC) and one indirectly (via the list server). But > on this occasion, I got only one copy. And the copy you got, was the e-mail coming from the list server or was the direct reply? :-? > That makes me wonder if the list server has been "smartened up" > recently. I hope not :-) I prefer me (the user) to choose what to do with those e-mails. > Perhaps a list subscriber is no longer sent a copy of a > posting if his e-mail address is explicitly listed in the TO, CC, or BCC > fields. Is that the case? If so, I wonder why that change was not made > long ago. It would eliminate a lot of problems. We could CC the poster > without fear that he will get two copies and thus complain. I have to monitor that :-? > Does this mean that it is OK to CC people now, without a CC being > requested? That would be quite annoying. > Or do many people read the list via the web interface to the > mailing list archives without being subscribed and will still get > annoyed if they are CCed? I am not susbcribed, but I read/follow the list (and send posts) via Gmane. > I need some guidance here. There have been a > number of times that I have not CCed people because they didn't > explicitly ask for it, but because they thought their problem was now > solved, they were not looking at the list anymore and therefore didn't > see my follow-up post offering a correction to an earlier mistake, etc. > > I don't want people to miss posts because they aren't looking. But > neither do I want to annoy people. If people do not read the list is up to them, don't you think? :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.03.19.14.23...@gmail.com
