From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 8 22:03:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E61FD106566B for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 22:03:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com (cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com [67.222.39.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A738C8FC08 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 22:03:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 914 invoked by uid 0); 8 Apr 2011 22:03:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 8 Apr 2011 22:03:32 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=WJDSltxPXVWTIK74suyLcl4riBsEl9qRWLK9SKQHIUeqwxrqIeQGYG72EaqNwwTfW/c7ar+Zb77kXNFN+IrjdSGbs9mMiddVmmc2wyf6phAgih5LqhTDm9qO5LSydpjX; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q8Jm6-0005Qg-JR for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:03:31 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:50:52 -0600 Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:50:52 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110408215052.GA20633@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD References: <4D9EF6CD.3040004@qeng-ho.org> <4D9F48F8.9000008@qeng-ho.org> <20110408191152.GB19718@guilt.hydra> <20110408211511.GA11735@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110408211511.GA11735@owl.midgard.homeip.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:03:33 -0000 --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 11:15:11PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 01:11:52PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote: > > >=20 > > > section 8.6 starts: > > >=20 > > > ---- start quote ---- > > > Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and > > > to FreeBSD-questions. > > > ---- end quote ---- > >=20 > > I, for one, am glad this does not happen more often. I really do *not* > > need a bunch of duplicates cluttering up my inbox. I have yet to see > > anyone complain of not receiving a CC in addition to the mail from the > > list. > >=20 > > I consider "not cluttering up the inboxes of people subscribed to the > > list" a "good reason to do otherwise". >=20 > You seem to miss one crucial fact: Not all the people who write to > this list are subscribed to it. They will not see any replies directed > only to the list. It is for their benefit that that rule exists. You seem to fail to realize that it's possible to CC someone who isn't on the list, but not CC someone who *is* on the list. That would be why people who aren't members of the list say thinks like "please CC me", while people who are members occasionally say "please don't send duplicates to me". --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk2fgzsACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUEkgCgjSywCH1Tzc/BO0/JuG2ndS/4 8HcAoL6b962h3XQSFvCVkYJ4GwZCoVCn =lNvf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE--