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placement of webappsec in the cc line - The Mod's thoughts
From: "Erin Carroll" <amoeba () amoebazone com>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 19:47:05 -0700
All, I allowed Michael's message to the list to bring up an administrative point. Many times I will receive messages which are cc's to one or more mailing lists (such as webappsec, buqtraq, etc). At first I allowed these messages through if they were appropriate for the pen-test mailing list because there are always grey areas in our field which don't clearly fall under a specific realm, be it pen-test, webappsec, vuln-dev, assessment, etc. However, this has allowed for some topics to wander wildly from the charter of pen-test as contribuors on the other lists respond and, since I don't want to drop a discussion thread that may still get back on track for pen-test-related info, I've allowed them through for continuity. This has resulted in a lot of non-pen-test chatter on the list. Since I do not know the criteria or moderation status or acceptance criteria of webappsec, vuln-dev etc (and don't care to track it), and since cross-posted discussion threads can go all over the map, I will no longer be accepting submissions with cc's to other mailing lists. This won't be a blanket rejection policy. I will reject cross-posted messages with a note to remove the cc's and resubmit. This will make managing the list much easier. The only exception to this would be news announcements like tool releases and Convention info which (usually) generate no direct replies and can cover a large cross-section of security realms. For Michael: Most email clients will reply-to-all using the sender ID as the To: recipient. The mail list gets shunted to cc: by default. I can understand the preference for the addresses to be in the To: field as it makes rules filtering easier but there's nothing I can do about it. Erin Carroll Penetration Testing list moderator "Do Not Taunt Happy-Fun Ball"
-----Original Message----- From: michael.lanham [mailto:michael.lanham () us army mil] Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 11:53 AM To: pen-test () securityfocus com; webappsec () securityfocus com Subject: placement of webappsec in the cc line Is it just me, or does placement of the webappsec & pen-test addresses in the cc line instead of the To: line seem a bit odd? I respectfully request that conversations to individuals, that folks want echoed to the list, include the lists in the To: line instead of the cc line... Am I off base here? Mike
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