[Its.an.education.project] To Cc or not to Cc, that is the question

Jonas Smedegaard dr at jones.dk
Tue May 13 13:14:47 CEST 2008


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On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:37:23AM +0200, Bernie Innocenti wrote:
> Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>
>> Please do *not* cc me - I am subscribed to the list!
>
> Sorry, it is very hard to memorize who wants to be Cc'd and who 
> doesn't.
>
> I, for one, prefer to be always explicitly Cc'd whenever my attention 
> is desired.  This practice is customary on high volume lists such as 
> the lkml, where subscribers can't possibly read every single message.
>
> Mailman has a user setting "Avoid duplicate copies of messages" that 
> you may find useful.

Thanks for the valuable info.  I guess I am too used to Debian 
mailinglists with the opposite logic of not cc'ing except when 
explicitly requested.


  - Jonas

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