Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 6 Jun 2000 15:26:39 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>
Cc:        gh <grasshacker@linkfast.net>, "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>, chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why encourage stupid people to use *BSD WAS:Re: IE
Message-ID:  <20000606152639.O42325@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <393C9255.15612D66@gorean.org>
References:  <001301bfcd89$467130a0$2969a0d0@leviathan><200006021842.LAA24897@usr09.primenet.com><393855D9.F5F0E5F0@mail.ptd.net><20000603095822.A13686@physics.iisc.ernet.in><011b01bfcd75$3706e650$2969a0d0@leviathan><20000603225029.A13363@physics.iisc.ernet.in><001301bfcd89$467130a0$2969a0d0@leviathan> <3.0.6.32.20000604003206.008bb210@mail85.pair.com> <002501bfcefc$046dd310$2969a0d0@leviathan> <393C9255.15612D66@gorean.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Doug Barton wrote:

> gh wrote:
>> 
>> I am subscribed to the list, so the cc is unnecessary.
> 
> 	It's a long standing tradition on internet mailing lists to cc: the author
> of a response. It dates back to the days when mail delivery would take...
> well... days instead of minutes or seconds. It's extremely unlikely (read,
> impossible) to convince everyone on the internet to not cc: you, so much
> better to learn how to cope. Personally I use procmail to filter the ones
> addressed to me to my inbox, and delete the dupes. 

Personally I couldn't give a damn about the dupes.  I get really annoyed
when people _don't_ CC me because I don't have unlimited time to read
mail.  I'll read mail which drops into my inbox fairly quickly, but mail
on a mailing list which happens to be a reply to one of my posts and
directed at me might get missed.

If gh doesn't want people to CC him, he should set

Mail-Followup-To: the-mailing-lists-he-posted-to@example.com

or whatever, in his headers.  Any MUA should respect that, though I
suspect not many do yet.  (Mutt does at least.)

-- 
Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20000606152639.O42325>