Scott Wood wrote:
Wolfgang Denk wrote:
there is an increasing number of postings with loooooong lists of recipients (10 addresses and more); usually several of these are regular and active users of this mailing list so this is actually redundant;
It is not redundant -- including a person in the CC list brings the mail to their attention faster (and with less chances of missing it) than if they have to pick it out of the list.
Though it seems that sometimes I don't get a copy delivered directly to me, but only the list e-mail -- even though I'm in the CC. I think this happens when the mail is sent from someone @denx.de, so the server discards the duplicate, defeating the whole point of CCing a particular person.
That is actually a MailMan feature. If you go to your personal configuration page, you will find the last option to be...
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Avoid duplicate copies of messages?
When you are listed explicitly in the To: or Cc: headers of a list message, you can opt to not receive another copy from the mailing list. Select Yes to avoid receiving copies from the mailing list; select No to receive copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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