Don't feed the troll...

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:25:21 +0200, Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:07 PM, D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy at druid.net>
> wrote:
>> On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:41:41 +0200
>> Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Steven D'Aprano
>>> <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>>> > In the name of all that's good and decent in the world, why on earth
>>> > would you do that when replying to a mailing list??? They're already
>>> > getting a reply. Sending them TWO identical replies is just rude.
>>>
>>> Mailman is intelligent enough not to send a second copy in that case.
>>> This message was sent with a CC, and you got only one copy.
>>
>> Actually, no.  Mailman is not your MTA.  It only gets the email sent to
>> the mailing list.  Your MTA sends the other one directly so Steve is
>> correct.  He gets two copies.  If his client doesn't suppress the
>> duplicate then he will be presented with both.
> 
> The source code seems to think otherwise:

Mailman is not the only mailing list software in the world, and the 
feature you are referring to is optional.


> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/3.0/view/head:/src/
mailman/handlers/avoid_duplicates.py
> 
> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> Wrong. I got two copies. One via comp.lang.python, and one direct to
>> me.
> 
> You are subscribed through Usenet and not
> <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, in which case the
> above doesn’t apply, because Mailman throws the mail to Usenet and not
> you personally.

I still get two copies if you CC me. That's still unnecessary and rude. 
If I wanted a copy emailed to me, I'd subscribe via email rather than via 
news. Whether you agree or not, I'd appreciate if you respect my wishes 
rather than try to wiggle out of it on a technicality.



-- 
Steven