Rann Aridorn wrote:

Larry F wrote:
 

	First off, if a reply is written by a person in one list, that
person might have objections to a response that appears in groups other than
the one to which he or she is subscribed. I know of several examples of
people who hate specific forums, and object to having their work or comments
posted in them.
   

Well, okay, while I suppose that they could simply take said forums out 
of their reply if they felt that vehemently about it... if it even was a 
forum that did not require already being a member to allow posting to 
it. But... whatever, I guess.
 

If you recognize the address as a list and not just interested party.  I 
get messages all the time from a Linux group with a half dozen "CCs" 
many of which are don't look like people's names and could just as 
easily be the name of a mailing list in Spain or India (It's Mandriva 
Linux which is in France.)  Looking at all the personal pages on 
"anifics.com" you could be forgiven for not realizing that "ffml" is a 
mailing list and not an acronym for "Final Fantasy Mother Lover..." or 
something.

	Cross-posting can also cause technical problems, which is why
there's a ban on the practice in the FFML FAQ regarding cross-posting to
RAAC, quoted below. Whether or not this might happen with other services is
something best not explored in the first place.
   

Alllrighty. The FAQ specifically forbids cross-posting to one particular 
group, but, I... suppose... you could sort of, kind of make that 
reasoning there for not crossposting to other services. Sort of.
Of course, I rarely use the "Reply All" function, as it seems a spammy 
sort of way to do it, and just add in any addresses as they're needed 
(such as the FFML address), but... 'kay.
 

Odd...  According to your headers you use thunderbird.  Unless your 
version of thunderbird behaves differently from mine, you HAVE to use 
"Reply All" or your reply will go ONLY to the original sender, and not 
to the list.  Thus I always "Reply All," and I'm not always good about 
cleaning out the "CC" list.

	As a general rule of thumb, it's a good idea to keep posts to
different forums or mailing lists separate, even if they say exactly the
same thing. Then you can hit the "reply to all" button without worrying
about offending anyone or causing a glitch in the system that might get
admins mad at you.
   

Yeah, that offending people thing... ... yeah. Um, I'm with you. Seriously.
 

You can use the "Bcc" header if you don't want to re-type your original 
message.


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