On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:23:43PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Fri, 21 Nov 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Sat,22.Nov.08, 02:45:51, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > Quite right, but why discourage CCing on an open list? I can see the > > > point in not CCing on a closed list. > > > > Cc'ing on a closed list would be really stupid :) > > Actually, that's the one place where anyone not on the list would > request carbon copies. (But it still shouldn't be the default.)
Ummm, if the list is closed, how could they post anyway? > > > Sorry, it doesn't explain why CCing is "discouraged" on an open > > > list. > > Because people who are subscribed to the list don't require extra > copies of mails. [And since anyone who wants a copy can request it > using MFT: or manually, it's perfectly fine.] True, I uderstand that, but my thoughts are concerning newbies who post to the list and not being subscribed won't see a reply to their post. You could argue, I suppose, that if a newbie can't cope with that then they shouldn't be using Debian anyway. I disagree with that line of thought, and believe some initial hand-holding is necessary to stop unnecessary duplication of messages. > > New posters should read the Code of Conduct? Listmasters, would you > > consider adding a link to the CoC at the bottom of list mails? > > http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct is linked from the > introduction, which is on the page where you learn what lists we have > and how to subscribe to them. Someone who doesn't bother to read that > won't bother to read the links posted at the bottom of a mail. Exactly! Also they may only know of debian-user through a google search. -- Chris. ====== I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. -- Stephen F Roberts -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]