On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 13:46 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote: > John Summerfied wrote: > > I know some think it a courtesy to send copies to the originator of > > email send to lists. > > > > OTOH others find it a discourtesy. I belong to this second group. > > > > The only argument I've seen that has any merit for the first group's POV > > is "so that they get it sooner." > > In general, I agree. I will admit to CCing certain posters > > * when they come to the list solely to get help on one particular > problem > > * when it's been a week or so since they posted, no-one's responded, > and I've taken pity on them and helped as best they can. > > Under these circumstances, I'm not sure if they're still watching the > list. > > > And, please don't set reply-to in your email clients. I often find my > > outgoings in need of pruning. > > Um. IMHO if they set reply-to, they're *asking* you to CC them, and > there's no reason not to honour that. > > James. > A more technical observation/question: On this list if I reply from evolution the reply goes to the list. On the Fedora-AMD64 list, if I reply it's to the sender, unless I choose "reply to list", then it's to the list, "reply to all" replies to both. Can someone explain what makes it different? Bob...
