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On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:14 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 02:54:33 +0200, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: |
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> > It is usually better and prefer the "answer to all" policy as it permit |
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> > to be notified of an answer without having to track the whole mailing |
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> > list. |
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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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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |
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