In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in
sci.stat.edu, Eric Bohlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donald Burrill) wrote in
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
[about his practice of cc-ing people privately on publicly posted
articles]
>
>If you do this, though, it's *really* important to include some indication
>of it in the *body* of the message. Otherwise, because it's quite likely
>that the recipient will see the personal copy before the list copy, he/she
>may not be aware of the latter and wind up composing a response, sending it
>directly to you, and then realizing (after seeing the list copy of your
>message) that it should have gone to the entire list.
Very well put.
I have tried in the past, without success, to make this very point.
Maybe it will have more effect coming from you.
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cortland County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
It's not necessary to send me a copy of anything you post
publicly, but if you do please identify it explicitly to avoid
confusion.
.
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