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On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:14 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>> If I post to the list, I expect a reply via the list. Getting two replies |
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>> is annoying, especially if I don't realise the private one is a duplicate |
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>> and reply to it before checking the list. One of the main points of a list |
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>> is that it is a public discussion, archived for all to see, fragmenting |
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>> conversations into private mail defeats that point. |
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> Precisely, except that I'm not as annoyed as some of you seem to be. |
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> Part of the way a mailing list works is that there is always discontent |
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> about the way the mailing list works. This hasn't changed much, if at |
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> all, since I started using mailing lists around 1985. |
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Things especially fun when it is both a mailing list and a newsgroup. |
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