Re: netiquette: CCing on lists

From: Kjetil Kjernsmo (kjetil_at_kjernsmo.net)
Date: 10/28/03

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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 23:18:39 +0100

    On Tuesday 28 October 2003 22:37, Richard Lyons wrote:
    > Apparently not.  I wonder why not.  It would surely be a good idea  -
    > for those using simpler mail clients.  I use kmail and filter lists
    > direct to their own folders, where I set the reply-to-list address to
    > try to prevent myself making mistakes...

    I can't agree. For a review of the opposing viewpoints, see
    http://marc.merlins.org/perso/listreplyto.html
    I've been in both camps, but I have now settled for the "harmful" camp.
    I've been to too many mailing lists with reply-tos, and what you get is
    a lot of mis-sent private messages, and then a lot of "sorry, didn't
    mean that", flame-wars over comments that weren't meant for the list,
    and even "hell, remove that comment from the list archive". All that is
    _far_ more annoying than the occasional CC, IMHO.

    Me, I usually use KMail's very nice reply-to-list function, I might CC
    people if they CC me, or if I suspect people to not be on the list.
    But reply-to-list really works well.

    Best,

    Kjetil 

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