-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 10:01:38AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > Normally, when responding to a mail in a mailing list, the > > response goes only to the list. > > When responding to a message from a sender who is new to me, i look > into the mail headers of the original post. > List subscribers have > > X-Spam-Status: [...] LDOSUBSCRIBER [...] > > If this tag is missing, then i Cc: the original sender of the message.
Thomas, always as insightful. Thanks for this one, that's a small gem :-) > Nevertheless it is more polite to subscribe to a list from which > you expect help. This way you also learn about other people's problems > and maybe even can contribute a snippet of a solution. Usually I do. But it's a burden, and sometimes you just see something strange in one of the hundreds of packages you use and you just need some confirmation before you file a bug report. That's why I'm infinitely thankful for open lists (and for people taking this extra burden). I try to pay back as well as I can in kind. thanks, and may your day be nicer than mine :) - -- t -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlcZ3RwACgkQBcgs9XrR2kbeMgCfRgSgPOyUn/60IAd2eBv5DooS Gq4AoIIDy8EFicA/HORifl5EP3ujkEy0 =Hnzq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
