On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 9:06 PM John Levine via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> wrote:
> It appears that Geoff Mulligan via mailop <ge...@proto6.com> said: > >1. If a recipient on an email message is both in the To: or Cc: and on > >the mailing list, should the listserver send the message to the recipient: > > a) By default > > b) Not by default (but configurable) > > c) Never > > This is a theological issue. Some people insist that since the recipient > already > got one copy, it is a crime against nature to send another. But some of > us file our > list mail differently from our personal mail, and find it ignorant and > condescending > to imagine that we don't want both copies. > > You can't win. Mailman makes it a per-recipient option. > > >2. If a mailing list is in the BCC: should a message be delivered to the > >list: > > a) Yes - always > > b) No - never > > c) Configurable > > d) Convert it to a CC: > > You mean if the list's address isn't on the To or Cc line? My practical > advice > would be to reject it or put it in the moderation queue since in practice > such > messages are about 99.9% from spambots. "If you want to send mail to > these lists, > send it like a normal person would." > I mean, I think "mailing list in the BCC" is a pretty rare case, though I guess less so because of our decision with Gmail to send the messages with a Bcc header. More likely case is "not in the to/cc". Anyways, Google Groups doesn't modify the Bcc, it'll leave it as is. The general reasoning was making it easier for people to know why they got a message, even if some were confused why they got a message if they weren't on the to/cc/bcc "you mistakenly told me they also sent to this mailing list". Brandon
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