List Etiquette for CC (was Re: Yo-ho! A jolly new Olde English axiom-axing)

[Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>]

Lauren wrote:
> Is this thread even being posted to the list?  I'm only sending this message
> to the two people who have kept me in the cc since Friday,


It has had follow ups in both places, like a mutant strain of 
cross-posting. The offlist portion was unusual in its own way, being 
cc'd to list subscribers and non-subscribers

I haven't notice the need for CC etiquette before now, but I think this 
thread portends two points.

1. Requests not to be copied on an offlist thread are reasonable. 
Consider how difficult that is to comply with before giving that task to 
everyone in a long CC list on unsolicited emails.

2. If you must send list-oriented mail to non-subscribers and 
subscribers, use BCC or an alias to protect the privacy of list members. 
"Presumptuous" may not be a strong enough word to describe anyone 
sending list members' email addresses to non-subscribers without 
permission.

A third point about CC comes up from time to time:

When posting to the list, sending a CC to the poster(s) whose text 
you've quoted is a courtesy, but not a requirement. No need to CC anyone 
else in the thread without a good reason.

HTH.



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