On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Lachlan Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > LuKreme wrote: >> >> On 27-Jan-2010, at 16:00, Lachlan Hunt wrote:
>>> So, I would like to be able to select a number of messages in a >>> thread, choose Reply All, and be presented with a composition >>> window that quotes and attributes each selected e-mail, one after >>> the other. The mail should be addressed to the mailing list(s), >>> with each of the recipients BCC'd. (since there's likely to be a >>> lot of people addressed, sending by BCC should help to keep the >>> reply-to list short. >> >> And this will really piss off people who do not like getting >> duplicate message from you *and* the list. > > Whether or not to CC others in mailing list replies is very much dependent > on the community. In most of the mailing lists I respond to, doing so is > common practice. Personally, receiving a separate copy in my inbox, > separate from the mailing list folder, is useful because I can immediately > see that someone has responded to me. Otherwise, I may miss the reply, > especially if it's a one of the lists where I don't always read everything. > (It's one of the many things I find annoying about the Reply-To munging > that is practiced on a few lists, including this one, unfortunately) > >>> Often, a thread's participant list can grow rapidly, causing CC >>> lists to become increasingly long. While I think it's reasonable >>> to CC the people being directly responded to, >> >> And I think it's proof the poster is aligned with Satan… just >> saying. > > No, I'm not. I'm one of the more ettiquette people who regularly take the > effort to trim the CC list to only those who are being directly responded > to. > Courtesy Cc's aren't necessarily a bad thing, and a lot of mailing list software can be configured to ensure only 1 copy reaches the individual. But the mailing list does that by looking at the Cc header and not sending a copy to people in that header. If you Bcc everyone instead of Cc-ing them, then yeah, the mailing list server won't be aware of those copies and you're going to create a bunch of duplicates and annoy people. I understand that some people may want a copy to go to their inbox and a copy to go to their mailing list folder. If so, they should be making the rules to implement that themselves (perhaps with the help of a courtesy Cc). The sender, however, should not be making that decision for them. And unless you're replying to dozens of emails at a time, I don't think the Cc header is going to get too cluttered. Even under about 10 addresses isn't too bad. And if you are responding to a dozen emails with one of your own, you may wish to reconsider your writing style... In general, constantly Bcc-ing a lot of addresses by default seems like a bad idea to me. You're not really protecting anyone, removing information that people might use to help them manage their mail, and it's the sort of behavior that spammers employ. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com
