On Mon 22 Aug 2016 at 12:40:08 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Nicolas George wrote: > > According to some people on this list, you should be quartered for CCing > > someone who did not ask for it > > Wasn't it "hanged, drawn, and quartered" ? > > > > this clause does not work > > One has to act like a good field officer: Know when you shall not obey > your orders. > (Aphorism attributed to Friedrich II, King of Prussia.) > > I avoid Cc-ing people whom i assume to be subscribed. > > > Brian wrote: > > The lack of LDOSUBSCRIBER in a header does not indicate > > the poster is unable to receive responses > > Sure, that's why i waited for a reply pattern from Vitalij before i pointed > to the probable situation.
I'd like to make clear that I am entirely unconcerned about whether a user sends a CC when replying to a list mail and do not wish to argue the merits or otherwise of doing so. It is the tecknical aspect of deducing a subscription to the list from mail headers which interests me. There isn't a way of doing this. The headers of someone's mails are not intended to reveal what the subscription address is. Which is not to say it isn't there; but that is the user's choice.
