[ILUG] CCing while replying to ILUG mailing list

[Seán Mac Suibhne]

On Tue 24 May 2005 18:58, Paul Jakma wrote:
> On Tue, 24 May 2005, Niall O Broin wrote:
> > My MUA is fine. It's a mailing list - I reply to the list.
>
> i no longer will reply to mails which are replies to me but dont
> include me.

I do not see the point of ccing the original sender while replying to a 
mailinglist. However ILUG is set up so that the reply goes to the sender of 
the message you are replying to. It takes a bit of effort to actually reply 
to the list itself. This is a handy feature and means that "away replies" 
aren't broadcast to the thousands on members on the list. Its a weeding out 
process.  It's very handy for getting round the problems of inexperienced 
emailers. 

I do not expect replies sent to the mailing list to be sent to me personally. 
If they do  then only one of them gets read and the other one not. However I 
feel that its my responsibility to take the trouble to read and manage 
messages in my own mailinglists! It is not an effort to exclude, not to CC. 
It is an effort to include by replying to the mailinglist.

I appreciate those who remove me from the CC field. and I don't criticise 
those who don't.  However I try not to CC in these circumstances. It's a 
mailing list after all! 

Seán
PS I do wish the email subject line would change to reflect the content more 
often! That does annoy me!

Is minic a bhris béal duine a shrón!