Paul Winkler wrote:
> 
> I have noticed that, when replying to messages posted to the csound
> mailing list, many people send the message both to the list and to the
> person who asked the question. This seems wasteful to me-- every time I
> ask a question I get two emails for every reply. Granted, this is better
> than getting no replies! :) But my email service is sometimes painfully
> slow, and I assume I'm not the only one; so I would like to suggest
> that, as a general rule, it's better to send a reply either to the list
> if your message is of general interest, OR to the individual if it's
> not. This should be easy; just take a look at the "to" and "cc" fields
> before you hit send...
> 
> of course, if anyone thinks I am wrong, they should say so.
> The only good reason I can think of to cc the person asking the question
> is if they weren't actually on the mailing list, which seems unlikely!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> PW
> 

I think that if your connection is actually so slow that getting an
occasional additional copy of a short text-only message, actually makes
a difference, then something must be seriously wrong with you
connection. Also, I don't understand the logic of this, considering the
small percentage of duplicate emails you will get because of this. Say
on a typical day you get 50 incoming emails, and maybe 2 duplicates
because of mailing list replys. I don't see how this could make much of
a difference.

Personally, although it's not a terribly big deal, I kind of like the
CC's, because it makes less likely do accidently delete mail from a
mailing list that was actually in reply to something I said. I certainly
don't read every mail in every mailing list I subscribe to, and quickly
delete a good chunk without reading them, based on the subject. But I
*do* want to read every message that is intended for me, and the dupes
are a good insurance against aciddently tossing my mail.
    
I really have to wonder what kind of email setup you have, where you
actually notice a single additional text message!

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