[USCC] CC copy Message Issues Again

[Jim McNelly]

List Members,

As Moderator of the USCC list, I have repeatedly posted messages 
warning members not to send CC copies of messages to the list to 
other e-mail accounts.  To crack down on the problem, we have begun 
suspending posting privileges for up to a month for members who place 
CC recipients in messages sent to the USCC list.  Over the past three 
months, over twelve accounts have been temporarily suspended.

A new problem has come up as other members respond to the previous CC 
messages and their response includes the CC recipient without their 
knowledge.  Even though they were not the source of the e-mail 
address being added to the CC list, their response to the USCC list 
inadvertently included the other recipient.  We are suspending those 
accounts as well, even though they were not the source of the CC, as 
we have to find a way to stop the endless problem of private mail 
going to the larger list and public mail going private.

As this individual did not know that they were picking up a stray CC 
address, to be fair, I am posting this note to ask members to look at 
their message before they send it to the USCC list and make sure that 
they have not accidentally picked up a stray e-mail address in the CC 
line.  Never responding to "ALL" is one way to avoid picking up 
unwanted CC recipients.  But one way or the other, the CC message 
cycle has to end as this problem can go on for months and months.

I do not like cluttering the USCC List with these moderator messages, 
and wish that this bug in our Internet list Management Software can 
be fixed to eliminate CC messages.  But the last major management 
problem we have in maintaining this discussion list is the problem of 
members copying other e-mail addresses when sending messages to the 
USCC list.  Private mail going to the larger list is the inevitable 
result when this is done.

If you must copy another individual, please do so by sending the 
message a second time with only that other e-mail address.  Now we 
also ask each member to check their message header when responding to 
the list as they may have picked up a stray e-mail account without 
their knowledge.

Thank you all for your cooperation and patience,


Jim~ McNelly
Renewable Carbon Management LLC 320-253-5076
NaturTech, NaturSoil, CompostMan
jim at composter.com
www.composter.com