OK thanks for the clearing up. Actually i just made a wrong technical
assumption, it was not based on giving importance to the mails, again sorry
for the misinformation and for previously wrong sent mails.

-- Milosz

2008/6/18 Robert Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:54:39 +0200 Milosz wrote:
> >
> > Just reply to one and add the others to the CC field (e.g. in the case
> now
> > i'm replying to you (German), and CCing Klaus and gtkmm-list)
>
> That's actually the wrong way to do it. Some people (me on some
> machines) have their mail clients configured to sort messages into
> folders by the "To:" address. If your reply is only CC'd to the list it
> gets filed in the wrong place. This annoys me - I shouldn't have to
> create a second rule just to catch your replies to people on this list.
>
> Frankly, if the original post was to the list, your reply should be
> ONLY to the list. I know you include the person you're replying to
> because you think that's a courtesy, but to my mind it's actually a
> discourtesy - it attempts to elevate a public discussion into my
> personal inbox where it doesn't belong. I don't think your opinion is
> any more (or less) valuable than anyone else's, nor do I assume I'm
> specifically more interested in it that any other list subscriber.
> Indeed most of the time I'm posting a response to somebody else, and I
> really don't care at all what you think of my opinion (the person I
> replied to might well care considerably, but usually it's me that gets
> the personally addressed copy).
>
> So, all in all, please REPLY TO THE LIST ONLY unless you have a very
> good reason to do otherwise.
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