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Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

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On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 07:33:04AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2021-08-06 at 07:28, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 06:54:53AM -0400, Polyna-Maude
> > Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi,
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> >> Maybe this is obvious for you, but for myself, I don't take note
> >> of who's "on the list" and "who's not" [...]
> > 
> > Easy: if the message comes from the list, reply goes to the list. 
> > Your MUA should be able to help you with that, if it's worth its 
> > salt.
> 
> I get enough accidental direct replies (proportionally speaking, anyway)
> that I don't consider this practical. There are too many times when a
> reply that was sent privately *should* have gone via the list, and so
> the reply to that should go in turn back to the list.

Definitely. I don't get it perfectly every time, either. I only took
issue with Polina's stance, which could be read as "it's not even
worth trying".

> (Which in turn happens because of the whole Reply-To-header argument
> thing, and everything around it which I don't want to spark off again
> now...)

:-)

> That said, there are definitely times when it's clear whether a direct
> reply was unintentional vs. not, and outside of special circumstances
> the ones intentionally sent off-list should be kept that way without
> mutual agreement.

Of course, a banned person can try to sneak in by cc-ing to the list.
A group reply is then all it's needed.

"Apply some judgement" seems, as always, to be the right thing.

Cheers
 - t

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  Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-08-05 00:50 +0200
    Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-08-05 01:40 +0200
      Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-08-05 20:40 +0200
        Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-08-05 21:00 +0200
    Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-05 03:30 +0200
      Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2021-08-05 04:00 +0200
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        Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-06 13:00 +0200
          Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-08-06 13:30 +0200
            Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-08-06 13:40 +0200
              Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-08-06 14:30 +0200
                Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-06 18:40 +0200
                Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-08-06 22:10 +0200
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              Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-08-06 22:30 +0200
                Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-07 01:00 +0200
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              Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-08-06 22:10 +0200
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