From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com   
      
   In article <10oepbo$4dr$1@panix2.panix.com>,   
   Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >Kenny McCormack  wrote:   
   >>Interesting.  It is amazing how often this happens (not you specifically,   
   >>but I am talking generalities).  Lots of people seem unable to figure out   
   >>that there is no need to CC a copy of something that they are posting to a   
   >>public forum.  And it doesn't help that many MUAs (and similar/whatever you   
   >>call them) do it automatically (as apparently, does yours).   
   >   
   >Some newsreaders have this as a default.  I am not a fan of it.   
   >   
   >>Alternatively, some would argue that it is a Good Thing to do this, because   
   >>it ensures that the OP gets a copy - because, gosh knows, we couldn't trust   
   >>them to actually read it in the public forum...   
   >   
   >There was once a time when this was considered a very good thing because   
   >mail was often faster than Usenet.... some sites would only pull news at   
   >night but would poll for mail on an hourly basis.  So it might take a couple   
   >days for your message to propagate across Usenet.  Those days are gone but   
   >some of the habits left over are still there.   
      
   All true.  Thanks for the post.   
      
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