why cc'ing (aka: More details on folder translator function)

[Ng Oon-Ee]

On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 12:33 +0100, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:26:42PM +0100, Thomas Kahle wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On 09:47 Fri 14 Jan     , Philippe LeCavalier wrote:
> > > Hi. I hope you don't mind me cc'ing the list on this. I think it could
> > > useful.
> > 
> > Sure, actually I tend to forget that the offlineimap list is not
> > configured to hijack reply-to.
> 
> Yes. But there are three reasons why cc'ing is the good thing to do:
> 
> #1. You are not supposed to subscribe to send emails to the mailing
> list. This is a good thing to encourage users to report issues without
> the pain of subscribing. For them to have the answers back, you need to
> cc.
> 
> #2. The mailing list may have problems. By cc'ing you strongly enhance
> chances to have your posts received by people already involved in the
> thread. They are a priori the first ones interested by the following
> posts. So, they expect to be cc'ed.
> 
> #3. As a maintainer, I expect to be cc'ed (or be the destination) on
> mails that I have to be aware of. Typically patches but not merely. The
> mails I usually handle first are those in my INBOX, not the (filtered)
> mailing list.
> 
> So please, keep the habbit of cc'ing while posting. It is really the
> best thing to do. ,-)
> 
Perhaps note should be made of that somewhere (at the sign-up page for
example). On some other FOSS lists cc-ing earns you flames...