Theoretically, if mails were deliberately not sent to the list as a whole, but to you personally, then they should have OFF-LIST stated in the Subject line. Often done if a more personal response is needed to a posting, or if the content is not really related to the list topic under discussion. It's not a problem to copy a single person in, as long as they don't object to receiving the mail twice!
Some high volume lists state and enforce etiquette rules, for obvious reasons, and take a dim view of those that bend them. Examples include cc and top-posting. if you you infringe you may well get a shot across the bows from the list manager. Other lists, like this one, are more relaxed. Unless a policy is specifically enforced, then take as you find, I suspect those message which came to you personaly did so by accident, from those hitting reply in a mail client, and not noticing that it didn't go to the list as a whole. Where relevant I simply forward them on. If you want some general guidelines, try these, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style ( http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt ) Best, Chris. On 27 June 2010 04:06, Chris Ohmstede <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, completely off the subject, but I could use some advice here. I'm > not much of a computer socializer, more of a face to face guy. In fact, > this is the first mailing list I've ever joined. I've received emails > that were not cc to the group. I've added the cc in my response. > Should I not be doing this? Are there etiquette rules I should be > following? > > Chris > >
