From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Quanyang Liu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to determine if to reply by CC as well Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:07:58 +0800 Message-ID: <86siksyhht.fsf@gmail.com> References: <8af43eeb-8822-4b82-88f3-a31c29276bcf@googlegroups.com> <87bnrknhve.fsf@debian.uxu> <7zvbpr8qxe.fsf@example.com> <87sikv9cal.fsf_-_@debian.uxu> <87ha1azyrj.fsf@debian.uxu> <7zoavin7e5.fsf@example.com> <87wqa6hjge.fsf@debian.uxu> <8661hq3amv.fsf@gmail.com> <20140818103319485801881@bob.proulx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1408439339 12313 80.91.229.3 (19 Aug 2014 09:08:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 09:08:59 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 19 11:08:51 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XJfPN-00035q-PO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:08:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49463 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJfPN-00026d-6k for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 05:08:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39773) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJfP3-00024c-VA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 05:08:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJfOw-0006tW-Fe for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 05:08:29 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:58603) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJfOw-0006tL-96 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 05:08:22 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XJfOr-0002oD-S6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:08:21 +0200 Original-Received: from 116.8.79.134 ([116.8.79.134]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:08:17 +0200 Original-Received: from lqymgt by 116.8.79.134 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:08:17 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 116.8.79.134 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:FmDqwDK/+4vg4vXw2cEaNVhViDE= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:99298 Archived-At: On Tue, Aug 19 2014 at 01:46:37 +0800, Bob Proulx wrote: > Quanyang Liu wrote: >> Sorry, I am just new here. But I am curious why you all know the OP will >> never see the replies? If one is not on the list, does he can post here? > > The GNU mailing lists are all open lists. Because of them mostly > starting off as a bug reporting address and we wouldn't require > someone to be subscribed before posting a bug. And more or less the > same when writing for help. If someone is writing for help they may > not be knowledgeable about mailing lists and are starting from the > beginning and asking for help. Therefore the mailing lists are open > and it is not necessary to be subscribe to post. > > And so people often write to report a bug or write to ask for help and > are not subscribed. If they don't say anything then we don't know if > they know enough to be subscribe or not. If they are not (no way for > most people to know) then a list-reply only will not ever be seen by > them. Thanks for answering. -- Quanyang Liu (刘全阳) Undergraduate Department of Computer Science and Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University