On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Dwight Hutto <dwightdhu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:06 AM, alex23 <wuwe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Oct 18, 2:02 pm, Dwight Hutto <dwightdhu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> [a public response to a private email] >>> >>> I really don't appreciate you pushing public a *private email >>> exchange*, especially when it has nothing whatsoever to do with this >>> list. >> >> Usually, etiquette dictates, that we hit "reply all". > > That's not actually true either. The convention is to reply to the > list with material that is edifying to the list, or to the author > alone if the situation calls for it. Using reply-all sends the author > a copy as well as putting it on-list, which is unnecessary (unless > it's likely the author isn't subscribed). It's completely unnecessary > to include the list in what's not of interest. > > And here I am, posting on-list something that's completely necessary. > (sigh* Alex, Dwight, can you two please cool down a bit? A little > calmness would improve this discussion significantly, methinks. > Sometimes an e-mail doesn't convey tone, or pitch of voice. If it were face to face, instead of text, things would be much different.
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