I notice that whenever I click on reply, the email address of the emailer is
displayed. SO-O-O if we don't like the tone of that emailer's email, why
don't we have a rule that we (as individuals) will address the emailer
directly rather than sending the message to the entire group??
We could still manually enter [LegacyUG] at the beginning of the subject
line and write a message rule so that it would go into the Legacy folder in
our email programs (rather than into SPAM).
I imagine that in our lives all of us have gotten irritated at some point
and said something rude -- and felt totally justified in expressing our
anger -- and sooner (or) later when we calmed down regretted the expression
of the irritation.
And I feel pretty certain that every one of us has intentionally -- or
inadvertently -- irritated someone else (e.g., using html because it's more
interesting or prettier and not realizing the technical reasons that we we
shouldn't use it for mailing lists).
So if someone wants to inform someone else of that kind -- or any other
kind -- of mistake, why not just email that one individual?
If it's something that a LOT of us are doing, then of course it would be
appropriate to send a (preferably COURTEOUS) message to the entire group.
And if we're angry about something at the time we write the message, perhaps
we could just save it and read it again the next day and perhaps edit it
before sending it.
When I'm feeling perfectly calm and happy and then read an angry or abusive
email I find it difficult to return to a happy frame of mind -- and then I
might take my annoyance out on somebody else -- I'm sure I've sent off some
annoyed emails, but I for one hereby resolve from henceforth to try to keep
it from creeping into my emails.
If we want more conflict in our lives, all we have to do is to turn on the
news!
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