On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 04:12:08PM -0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 03:41:12PM -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > >I am curious to know in what context "someone" felt it would make > >a difference. > > The ticket number is 98, but I thought mutt-users would be a better > place to have a discussion. > > I can't speak for the reporter, but my understanding was the desire > to preserve the distinction between primary recipients, towards whom > the conversation is directly relevant, and others who may be just > being kept in the loop.
A reply is inherently a response to something someone else said, and as such that person is the only specific recipient, and all other recipients are receiving a carbon copy. I believe Mutt's current behavior is correct in the spirit of how these fields are meant to be used. That said, FWIW, I almost never even look at the mail envelope, unless I'm writing a "sensitive" response, so that I can make a decision as to whether or not the recipient list needs to be pruned. I mostly think the notion that "If I'm only on the CC list I can ignore this" is idiotic... Like most people, anything superfluous that I can ignore, I certainly will; so putting me on the CC list, if that is your intent, is a waste of your time. But I think recipients should generally know whether they can or should ignore a thread from its context and their relationship to the issue. Rely on the message envelope to decide that for you at your own peril. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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