From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to determine if to reply by CC as well Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:56:48 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87mwb1fom7.fsf@debian.uxu> 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> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1408399226 28187 80.91.229.3 (18 Aug 2014 22:00:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 22:00:26 +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 00:00:20 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 1XJUyR-0001QP-UD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:00:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45943 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XJUyR-0005V8-K7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:00:19 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 37 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: P0uMB9BthHuWo8+BJXB4Mw.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:xqL1E/LjxmcCIRoKxeRGnIYV22A= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:207004 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:99281 Archived-At: Bob Proulx writes: >> Yes, but is he on the list or not? If he is, he >> doesn't need a CC. If he isn't, he might be unaware >> there were people trying to help him. > > Yes. That is exactly the problem. And one without a > solution from looking at one email message. Sometimes > you can tell by looking over several messages. For > example if the poster has previously responded to a > message that went only to the mailing list then you > can safely assume that they are reading the mail list > messages. Or if they have set a Mail-Followup-To: > header. But otherwise there just isn't any way to > know. Perhaps an auto-reply could be sent to those who are not on the list, with a suggestion to join the list, and a note saying what ways there are to still read the replies (if joining the list isn't attractive for some reason). But in a way I don't like that because every time I get automatic mails they say stuff I don't care for and/or already know. But wait: When people aren't on the list, and they are not on Usenet, how do they learn of the list/group in the first place? At those places, perhaps the equivalent message can be showed? Then it is a matter of not having too much other text on that page, so that not the future poster will be tempted to skip it and remain uninformed. -- underground experts united