[U-Boot] REJECT: Too many recipients to the message

[Jerry Van Baren]

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...

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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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gvb