On: Email Introduction Etiquette

[yuvadam]

That's a pretty rude and selfish way to approach a mailing list.

I wouldn't be surprised if such a question goes on to be ignored.

[jefftk → yuvadam]

There are uses:

    From: me
    To: me
    Bcc: foo-enthusiasts
    Subject: [survey] what's your favorite version?

    What's your favorite version of foo?  Write me off-list
    and I'll post back to summarize.

[teddyh → jefftk]

From RFC 1855, Netiquette Guidelines, Section 3.1.2, Mailing List Guidelines:

> If you ask a question, be sure to post a summary. When doing so, truly summarize rather than send a cumulation of the messages you receive.

http://www.apps.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.html#page-10

[dudus → yuvadam]

Imagine the maillist of all your coworkers and you want to let them know you are selling a few items. It's not rude to force responses to be only to you. This reduces the amount of email everyone gets.