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

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Jun 1 22:00:12 CEST 2009


Dear Scott Wood,

In message <4A242071.1010806 at freescale.com> you 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.

An email message is a message is a message, isn't it? The message on
the list and the Cc: are identical, aren't they?

What is the difference whether you receive one or two identical copies
of a message?

> How about reconfiguring the list software instead?

I see no reason for that yet.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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