----- Original Message ----- From: "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 13:30 Subject: Re: netiquette: CCing on lists
> On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 at 19:12 GMT, David Gaudine penned: > > > > On Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at 01:34 PM, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > > > > > I believe I have the Mail-Followup-To header set on my outgoing > > > messages, which should be a clue for some readers. (I was told that > > > gmane would translate Mail-Copies-To to Mail-Followup-To > > automagically.) > > > > With this mail program (the default Mac mail program, which I've not > > used much), when I click "reply" it's your address that gets used. I > > manually changed it in my earlier followup (surely you didn't get a CC > > of that.) I don't know if it's because of your headers, the list, or > > with this mail program. Regardless, the clue is not there. > > Hrm.. Does debian-user not set the reply-to to the list, or is this my > headers munging it up, I wonder? When you reply to other mailing list > messages, does it use the mailing list address? > > > I expect that some people like CCs so that they can see responses to > > their own messages immediately and file away the rest for later, and > > assume that everyone shares their preference. But your sig does seem > > clear enough. > > My fiance prefers the CC thing. But then I always knew he had issues =P > > > > > This is exactly the kind of message that I would be tempted to send to > > the individual and not the list, since it doesn't mention Linux > > anywhere, but I couldn't resist your "Pretty please". > > > > That's exactly why I changed my sig to refer only to CCs, not to plain > emails. Getting a personal email is reasonable, although in many cases > personal emails prompted by the list would have been better off going to > the list; getting two copies of the same message is a pain. > > You're right; it doesn't mention linux (or, more to the point, debian). > But since most of this CC duplication seems to come from the list, I > thought it reasonable to ask. Besides which, it *could* be construed as > a question about slrn/gmane/MUA settings, in which case I think it > *would* be on-topic. > > I probably should have emailed the CCers themselves, but I have long > since deleted those messages. > > -- > monique > PLEASE don't CC me. Please. Pretty please with sugar on top. > Whatever it takes, just don't CC me! I'm already subscribed!! > I just clicked reply on OE Windows XP and guess who showed up in the To: header. Since I didnt look at the header I dont have your address but I suspect that is how it happens. Hoyt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
