Reply to author, reply to list, reply to all (was: Need Help w. PIP!)

[Nick Sarbicki]

On 9 Sep 2015 07:11, "Ben Finney" <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>
> Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> writes:
>
> > On 9/8/2015 6:19 PM, Cody Piersall wrote:
> > > On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 3:14 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
> > > <PointedEars at web.de <mailto:PointedEars at web.de>> wrote:
> > >  >
> > >  > Cody Piersall wrote:
> > >  >
> > >  > > Please respond to the list as well as the person you're
> > >  > > actually talking to. It works out better for everyone that way.
> > >  > > (You should just have to "reply all" instead of "reply").
> >
> > [Reply] should send the reply to the list.
>
> The function named “reply” normally means “reply individually to the
> author”, and that's how it needs to stay.
>
> The “reply to the list” function is present in many mail clients, and
> works fine for this mailing list; Google Mail seems to be a notable
> exception that its users should ask to change.
>
> > > Some people email the list, but aren't subscribed to it.
>
> People who fit that description are not participants in the forum, so
> excluding them from forum replies is the right thing to do.
>
> > > So I guess a better rule is to just reply-to-all for the OP?
> >
> > Please no, not as a routine.
>
> Agreed.
>
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My question then is do you reply to all (with a clean cc list but including
an OP from outside the list) in response to a persons question, even if the
question is relatively simple.

For me it's appreciated so that you know someone is dealing with it. But
then it can also result in flooding your inbox.

- Nick.
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