On 2011-02-18 10:42, RussellMc wrote:
>
>> I was telling him to stop sending me CCs.  At best I get two copies of t=
he
>> message.  At worst I accidentally reply to the CC copy and it therefore
>> doesn't go to the list, which makes the reply useless for me.
> Yes indeedy - that's what I recall.
> One man's advice is another man's freedom fighter :-).
>
> It seems that the list or something interacting with it is doing it
> generally for some ranks of General.
>
With many mail clients,  "Reply All" replies to the list and CC's the=20
sender.  This is the default behavior with this list's current settings=20
and Thunderbird's default options.  It takes extra effort to remove the=20
CC to the sender.  Since "Reply-To" is indeed set to this list, the=20
"Reply" button will not CC the sender here.  (But on many lists, and=20
with non-list CCs, it only replies directly to the sender, and "Reply=20
All" is the normal action if you wish to Reply to All).

GNU Mailman can notice the CC line on the incoming mail, and avoid=20
sending the list subscriber the corresponding list posting, **IF** the=20
user has selected the "Avoid duplicates" option in their Mailman=20
settings ( http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/options/piclist ).  The=20
description for the option says:
>
> When you are listed explicitly in the To: or Cc: headers of a list=20
> message, you can opt to not receive another copy from the mailing=20
> list. Select /Yes/ to avoid receiving copies from the mailing list;=20
> select /No/ to receive copies.
>

Of course, a reply to that direct mail doesn't seem like it would make=20
it to the list. But I am not sure how Thunderbird sets the headers to=20
the direct recipient.

To me it seems a good policy to make sure the person you're replying to=20
has their own copy of your reply.  It gets to them immediately and=20
eliminates the possibility of the list mangling it.  I personally have=20
list postings going into their own threaded folder based on a rule, so=20
there is no difficulty distinguishing the source or replying to the list=20
posting.  Obviously, different people have different opinions.

Joe Koberg



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