On 04/08/11 16:21, Carmel wrote:
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:51:41 +0100
Arthur Chance<free...@qeng-ho.org> articulated:
On 04/07/11 15:32, Carmel wrote:
Odhiambo, please don't CC me. I don't need multiple copies of the
same post.
CCing the original poster is standard etiquette on FreeBSD mailing
lists. Most lists are open to anybody to mail to without being signed
up, so when replying there's no way of knowing whether or not the
questioner will see a reply that only goes to the list. This is
especially true of freebsd-questions.
1) I have posted several times on this list and only received CC's on
two of them that I can recall. Obviously your standard is not so
standard.
Well, it's not an ISO or IETF standard, that I'll admit. However, if you
take a look at the article on getting the best out of -questions
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/article.html#AEN206
(which is one click away from the Mailing List Etiquette section of the
Mailing List FAQ)
section 8.6 starts:
---- start quote ----
Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and
to FreeBSD-questions.
---- end quote ----
2) I placed a very clear notice at the bottom of my post(s). Many
people would consider that a clue as to my desire to receive multiple
copies of the same document.
My MUA (Thunderbird) greys out signature blocks, some other mailers also
de-emphasise them. This and the fact that most sig blocks are just chaff
means they tend not to get read. That's unfortunate on the odd occasions
they have significant content.
3) Perhaps it is only me; however, most of the major lists that I
employ all require a registration by the poster prior to being allowed
to post.
Many lists do, the FBSD lists tend not to. From the FAQ, note the final
paragraph.
---- start quote ----
1.3. Are the FreeBSD mailing lists open for anyone to participate?
Again, this depends on charter of each individual list. Please read the
charter of a mailing list before you post to it, and respect it when you
post. This will help everyone to have a better experience with the lists.
If after reading the above lists, you still do not know which mailing
list to post a question to, you will probably want to post to
freebsd-questions (but see below, first).
Also note that the mailing lists have traditionally been open to
postings from non-subscribers. This has been a deliberate choice, to
help make joining the FreeBSD community an easier process, and to
encourage open sharing of ideas. However, due to past abuse by some
individuals, certain lists now have a policy where postings from
non-subscribers must be manually screened to ensure that they are
appropriate.
---- end quote ----
4) I have seen several posts where the OP requested to be CC'd because
they were not registered members of the list. Obviously, they were
aware of the necessity of being CC'd or reading the archives in order
to review any posts to their request. Now, is someone is just so plain
stupid that they are not aware of that simple fact, then they are too
stupid to be posting to begin with.
Are they stupid? No. Are they unfamiliar with the way things are done
round here? Quite possibly. I think you'll find that many of the people
who do that are first time users or possible future users, often coming
from a Linux background and/or used to closed lists. With luck, as
people start using FBSD seriously they'll also take some time to read
the FAQs.
[For lurkers reading this, if you haven't read the Mailing List FAQ
you'll find it at
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/mailing-list-faq/
]
5) If you noticed, I asked Odhiambo very nicely not to include me in a
CC. I am sure he meant well; however, the inevitable destruction of
electrons in the transmission of the superfluous document could have
been avoided.
If you interpreted my remark as criticising your politeness, I
apologise. That was not the intention.
Oh, and speaking as an ex-physicist, if electrons are being destroyed in
transmission I'd *seriously* worry about your ISP. Either they've got a
source of positrons or they've got radioactives that undergo electron
capture. Either way I wouldn't want to be anywhere near their kit. Gamma
rays are not good for you. :-)
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