Jimmy Richards wrote: > There is something I have been confused/wondering about for some > time. I thought I once saw someone say in their reply that they > didn't need to Cc: to debian-user@lists.debian.org when replying to > a message because they are already signed up on the mailing list.
You've got it backwards. They would've said that the other person didn't need to cc their personal address as well as the list, because they would get the message through the mailing list anyway. I've deliberately replied to you in the said manner. You should get two of these messages, one directly to your email address and one through your subscription to debian-user. > It > looks like I am seeing two messages from some people who have > replied to a question from someone. Which to me means that they > replied to the the person asking the question, and Cc:'d to > debian-users lists, resulting in me(and everyone on the mailing list > I imagine) receiving two replys that are exactly the same. This doesn't make sense. If you are getting two messages, it would be because *your* email address was cc'd, as well as debian-user. You won't get two messages just because someone cc'd someone elses email address. You'll just get the copy that was sent to debian-user. > One of > them being an unessary duplicate because of the Cc:. I have been Cc > my replies to the debian-user list lately because I thought maybe my > responses were only going to the person I was replying to. But I > don't know. Do I need to put in the Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > if I want to make sure it goes out to everyone? Of course you do. If you send a private reply to someone (ie. you only have their email address in the To & CC fields), would you expect it to go to anyone else? Most mailers have a 'reply' option and a 'reply all' option. The 'reply' option replies only to the person in the 'From:' field, whereas 'reply all' option replies to the person in the 'From:' field, and everyone in the 'To:' and 'CC:' fields as well. As has already been mentioned, mutt has a 'reply to list' option as well which I'm sure would come in handy. I usually just press 'reply all' and be done with it. I've been flamed for it in the past, because some people can't handle receiving two of the same email, but quite frankly I don't care. Filter out duplicates with Procmail if you don't like it. > Or is this automatic > because I am signed up on the mail list. When you send email to debian-user@lists.debian.org, the mail list software takes that email and sends a copy to everyone that is subscribed.
