Re: [arch-d] Mail Etiquette

There is also now on hopefully all IETF mailing lists that you can
send to a list without being member to the list, if you are
at least member of one other IETF mailing list (global whitelist
concept), for example when you are not normally active on a
particular list, but want help on an issue for it.

This means that it is highly desirable for followup replies to
mails to go back to not only the list, but also individuals on the
To/Cc lines, because otherwise you would not reach those off-list
participants in a communication.

Procmail with duplicate elimination is what i use too.

Toerless

On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 08:58:07AM -0400, Jared Mauch wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Apr 10, 2020, at 8:05 AM, Vincent Truchseß <ietf-arch@v-tr.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I am new on this list but I wonder if it is generally the case here that
> > people send their replies not only to the list's bounces-address but
> > also directly to the author as well.
> > 
> > I'm just asking because some people might find it harder to sort their
> > mail fully automated when the to-header behaves inconsistently while
> > some do prefer their replies directed to the author and manually create
> > filters for every list they've subscribed.
> > 
> > Sorry if it sounds like I'm tipping on someones toess here; that's not
> > my intention.
> > 
> 
> Much of this is due to the history of how e-mail has worked, etc.
> 
> It???s often unknown who is behind an alias and then participants in the thread will get copied on replies.  This can often lead to them seeing the reply before the list runs and gets data out to the others.
> 
> Mailing list software also has the option to disable people getting the e-mail who send it (eg: mailman it???s called the [metoo] setting).  
> 
> People like myself tend to run procmail on the server side which filter/weed out duplicates so I don???t see two copies.  Your mail client may also silently suppress them as well.
> 
> It???s also helpful to know that your message did make it to the list vs being silently held out there.  (Think of e-mail back in the UUCP days, when it may take 8-24h to have something flow through and a bit more to flow-back).
> 
> - Jared
> 
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