Re: cc generated with both to-address and to-list set

[Benjamin Rutt <rutt+news@cis.ohio-state.edu>]

prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:

> Everyone should set MFT.  Then this won't happen, and to-address will
> be unnecessary.

I'd argue that to-address should be avoided regardless, since it
prevents non-subscribers from receiving followups to their own
postings.  Setting to-address is like asserting "I know that all the
people reading the list are subscribed".  I've never read a mailing
list where I could prove that assertion.

I set MFT (on mailing lists that is...I'm reading ding via nntp from
news.gnus.org) and agree that it solves the problem but I don't expect
it to heal the world overnight.  So until the rest of the world
catches up, I (setq nnmail-treat-duplicates 'delete).

I guess setting nnmail-treat-duplicates to 'delete won't save me from
getting extra potential followups to this message, since I'm reading
via nntp!  Maybe it's time to switch to receiving the mailing list
just for that reason.  I guess another reason would be the ability to
usefully type 'A T' in Summary (i.e. without waiting forever for it to
return).
-- 
Benjamin