On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 07:01 -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > > On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 13:15 +0100, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: > > > >> PS: I know this is not the first time, but I simply do not > >> understand why you respond to bug reports without Cc: the > >> reporter. > > I normally respond CC:-ing the reporter on auto*.gnu.org lists, because > > they tend to be unreliable. Not have done so in this case was just an > > oversight. > > otoh, when I do that, I usually get 2-3 complaints from people stating > that I shouldn't (ymmv).
They should configure their mail system appropriately so that they don't see duplicates. (for example, see 'man formail'). MS Exchange, for instance, does this automatically. From rom what I recall of the mailing list headers, its not possible to tell a priori who in the CC list is subscribed and who isn't, thus to ensure that all interested parties do recieve a copy, I always reply-to-all. Rob -- GPG key available at: <http://www.robertcollins.net/keys.txt>.
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