Re: [Evolution] Mailing list filters

[Ralf Mardorf <ralf mardorf alice-dsl net>]

On Mon, 2015-03-16 at 10:03 -0400, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-03-16 at 14:22 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > But again, it's common sense on most lists
>
> It's not "common sense", in any way.  Someone who's never used mailing
> lists before will not just inherently understand this without needing
> instruction.
>
> Rather, it's a learned behavior that is obtained by interacting with the
> community and learning what the community standards and practices are.

The "common sense" is to follow the standard of the community and indeed
different lists are different communities.


> that means allowing posts from non-subscribers and replying to all,
> not just to the mailing list, to ensure non-subscribers are not
> dropped.
>
> Anyway, that's the way I run my mailing lists and the way I'll continue
> to interact with other, similarly-targeted lists, by default.

Thank you that you didn't Cc'ed me ;).