[Mailman-Users] users getting mail twice

[petro]

>Dan is correct, but mailman could, in fact, do something about it.
>
>One thing I've considered is changing mailman so that if it sees 
>someone listed explicitly in the To: or CC: lines, it wouldn't also 
>send a copy via the list. That probably ought to be configurable, 
>but I think it's a reasonable way to get around this kind of issue, 
>which is, in fact, a feature, but one which some people don't like.

	This would be decidedly *WRONG* behavior.

	The recipient of the reply would then not know that the 
message had been posted to a mailing list, and would either (a) 
assume that since it started on the mailing list, it should continue 
on the mailing list--leading to the posting of "private" email, or 
the recipient of the reply would not know that the message had been 
posted publicly, and would reply privately, assuming that was what 
the replier wanted, and wouldn't know until later that it was still a 
public conversation.

>
>it's definitely not a bug, but I think the MLM can be made smart 
>enough to deal with it.

	There is no way you can make software smart enough to deal 
with lazy, stupid, or malignant users.

	It gets even harder to deal with lazy, stupid, or malignant 
users using software written by programmers who don't follow 
established conventions or RFCs, but that is a completely different 
battle.
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