On 02/03/17 02:42, Phil Turmel wrote:
> On 03/01/2017 05:13 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>> Am 01.03.2017 um 19:29 schrieb Phil Turmel:
>>> Hi Peter, Reindl,
>>>
>>> { Convention on kernel.org is to reply-to-all, trim unneeded quoted
>>> material, and bottom post or interleave. Please do so. }
>>
>> why should someone reply to the list and everyboy else subscribed to the
>> list to trigger multiple copies?
>
> Because kernel.org doesn't require subscriptions to post, and does
> expect participants to include non-subscribers. Since one can't
> normally tell who is subscribed and who is not, reply-to-all is the rule
> here. Other lists have other policies.
>
fwiw, some mailing list software detects this, and if you're cc'd on a
mail the list won't send you another copy.
And some client software also de-dupes for you without asking. I run TB
so I need an add-on - especially as something in my mail setup
duplicates emails madly every now and then ... :-)
Cheers,
Wol
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