On Sep 17, 2007, at 3:57 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: >> >> Never, ever post a private message to a mailing list. >> It is an unconscionable breach of netiquette. > > Oddly enough, I think that replying to an onlist post offlist is > pretty poor netiquette. If you wish to berate someone for their > behaviour onlist, do it onlist or not at all. It's called > transparency, and I'd have thought that people on this particular > list would at least get that.
Thanks, Charlie. I've been on lists where taking gripes offline was the practice to save the list from flamewars, and exposing a private message to the list was verboten. Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
