Re: cc'ing (was Re: Mozilla goes GTK+ instead of Qt)
On 01 Nov 1998 03:19:14 -600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Steve> I didn't, just pointing out, again, what I pointed out before
> Steve> (check the archives yourself) that the "problems" associated
> Steve> with the reply-to being set are outweighed by people who don't
> Steve> trim when it ISN'T set.
> In your opinion. I think there were people who were not
> convinced.
Manoj, don't make me sit here and count one day's worth of -devel and
-users mail and seperate out how much gets CC'd. A quick glance of debian
related mail since noon local is placing it at close to 40% getting CC'd
needlessly.
> Quite correct. I do not trim, for I do not have to I do not
> spam people either. I just use decent software..
You use bloated software that most people don't want to use. Let's keep
it honest here.
> Then there is one word I have to say to you: get a filter that
> eliminates duplicates. End of problem.
Love to, babe, but, you see, not quite reasonable. Why should I when the
answer is clear? The list is sending out the mail, the reply-to should be
set to the list.
> I would strongly object to the list stomping all over my
> reply-to headers, when I do set them. (I do that when temporarily
> answer my mail from inside a firewall in compaq, and I want the
> replies to go to my permanent address).
Then don't answer list mail until you get home. Wow, that was a tough
one, don't you think?
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