Recipient list on FreeBSD mailing lists

[Jerry McAllister]

> 
> On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 03:33 -0500, Parv wrote:
> > in message <1141197872.28549.3.camel at neuromancer.home.net>, wrote Ow
> > Mun Heng thusly...
> > >
> > > PS : why is it that this list To's the replies directly to the
> > > person answering and cc's the list instead of To'ing the list
> > > only??
> 
> >   The guideline is to copy both the OP and the list as not everybody
> >   who posts a message is subscribed.
> 
> I see. So that's the rules of this mail-list. er.. does this also mean
> that everyone can post to this list w/o registering?

This is the most general and public of the mailing lists for FreeBSD so 
it is managed in that most open of ways.    I beleive some spam blocking
is employed though.

////jerry

> 
> > 
> > See also point 6 ...
> > 
> >   http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/article.html#AEN218
> 
> Hmm.. didn't see that. (Actually, I didn't read/search for it when I
> subscribed to the list)
> > 
> > I personally would delete an address if the owner of that address
> > explicitly requests not to send him/her a copy.
> 
> That would be hard to remember.
> 
> > Personal judgment about the recipient list & behaviour of mail
> 
> Various other mailing lists dictates that posters reply to the list and
> not the list _and_ the OP.
> 
> Guess this is different.
> 
> I still prefer for messages to be sent to the list.
> 
> Many Thanks for the explanation.
> 
> -- 
> Ow Mun Heng
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