18 Feb
2013
18 Feb
'13
3:02 p.m.
On Feb 17, 2013 12:18 PM, "Chris Bannister" <cbannister(a)slingshot.co.nz>
wrote:
[No need to include me in the reply, I'm subscribed to the list]
In addition to the fact that many mail clients (like gmail) do not offer
reply to list as an option, some think it is better netiquette to reply-all
anyway:
http://david.woodhou.se/reply-to-list.html
Not certain I agree with this tho...
James
18 Feb
18 Feb
4:33 p.m.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 03:02:06PM +0000, James Stone wrote:
On Feb 17, 2013 12:18 PM, "Chris Bannister"
<cbannister(a)slingshot.co.nz>
wrote:
Some think gmail is broken. On some lists the code of conduct states
that you don't CC people unless they request it, while on others (I
think the LKML is one ) each poster is CC'd in the reply because of the
volume of mail, and if it is an "urgent" message it could possibly be
missed.
--
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the
oppressing." --- Malcolm X
[No need to include me in the reply, I'm subscribed to the list]
In addition to the fact that many mail clients (like gmail) do not offer
reply to list as an option, some think it is better netiquette to reply-all
anyway: 
4:43 p.m.
On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:14:57 +0100, Chris Bannister
<cbannister(a)slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
Some think gmail is broken. On some lists the code of
conduct states
that you don't CC people unless they request it, while on others (I
think the LKML is one ) each poster is CC'd in the reply because of the
volume of mail, and if it is an "urgent" message it could possibly be
missed.
As for ALSA list too, because for some threads several developers could be
involved, that perhaps do not follow each mail to those lists. For LAU
it's an advantage to Cc privately, because mails often don't come through
the list, there's no other list I'm experiencing this issue.
However, usually it's not wanted to Cc privately, it's common to send to
the lists only.
It's not an issue for me, but indeed, the settings for LAU are odd and
absolutely uncommon for mailing lists.
Again, I feel fine with it, but IMO it's understandable that some list
members don't like the list's settings to handle this issue.
19 Feb
19 Feb
4:45 a.m.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 05:43:44PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
As for ALSA list too, because for some threads several developers
could be involved, that perhaps do not follow each mail to those
lists. For LAU it's an advantage to Cc privately, because mails
often don't come through the list, there's no other list I'm
experiencing this issue.
Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head. For development and
collaborative work it makes sense to CC, while for a support¹ or
discussion list it seems to be a hindrance.
It's not an issue for me, but indeed, the settings
for LAU are odd
and absolutely uncommon for mailing lists.
It's a peculiarity of the mailman list software, but more so because of
the default option--with the dubious heading "Avoid duplicate mail", set
to yes, with the unfortunate consequence that you don't get any mail
sent from the list!
Again, I feel fine with it, but IMO it's
understandable that some
list members don't like the list's settings to handle this issue.
Maybe the members who filter their mail into different folders?
--
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the
oppressing." --- Malcolm X
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