On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 11:50:31PM -0400, aec wrote: > I dont understand this. Someone who is not subscribed to a mailing > list, can send an email to that list, asked to be cc'd and its rude > if they are not? > > I'm new to mailing lists, just curious as to why one wouldnt subscribe > to a list that one wants to participate in.
Some lists are very high traffic, and it can be hard for a user to follow that list. Good examples in Debian are debian-devel, debian-x, and debian-boot. They can receive 100 messages a day, which is hard if someone wants to just file a bug report or something similar. - David Nusinow
