I'd like to add this to our mailing list policies.
I can't count the number of times I've tried to help somebody on the
gcc-help list and they assume that means I want to be their personal
support person in a private email conversation.
This is unlikely to change anything, because nobody will read it, but
at least I can point to something.
OK for wwwdocs?
commit eda8b12b3d9915c9d0d86fbae49085241299b4d2
Author: Jonathan Wakely <jwak...@redhat.com>
Date: Mon Jun 15 09:36:00 2020 +0100
Add note about keeping replies on the mailing list
diff --git a/htdocs/lists.html b/htdocs/lists.html
index ea37aedc..4251b2c0 100644
--- a/htdocs/lists.html
+++ b/htdocs/lists.html
@@ -164,7 +164,10 @@ this size, you should compress any attachments before
sending it to the list.
<p>We have a strong policy of not editing the web archives.</p>
<p>When posting messages, please select an appropriate list for the message
-and try to avoid cross posting to several lists.</p>
+and try to avoid cross posting to several lists.
+If somebody replies to your message, do not reply to that person only;
+keep the conversation on the mailing list unless requested otherwise.
+</p>
<p>Please send plain text (as opposed to HTML, RTF,...).</p>
