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

Jerry Van Baren
2009-06-01T18:47:18Z

Scott Wood wrote:
> Wolfgang Denk 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.
>
> Though it seems that sometimes I don't get a copy delivered directly to
> me, but only the list e-mail -- even though I'm in the CC. I think this
> happens when the mail is sent from someone @denx.de, so the server
> discards the duplicate, defeating the whole point of CCing a particular
> person.

That is actually a MailMan feature. If you go to your personal
configuration page, you will find the last option to be...

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Avoid duplicate copies of messages?

When you are listed explicitly in the To: or Cc: headers of a list
message, you can opt to not receive another copy from the mailing list.
Select Yes to avoid receiving copies from the mailing list; select No to
receive copies.
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gvb