On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:45:25 -0500, Phil Smith III wrote: >"Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>No, it's common discourtesy to cc them, unless you know that they want two >>copies. > >>It takes more work to detect that there is a duplicate message rather than >>a private reply. What happened in this case is a perfect example of that. > >Now that I don't understand. The From: is clear, and having to cut/paste >the text from a digest, including replacing the Subject: line, is a LOT more >work than reading the From: line. Getting the CC in realtime as opposed to >waiting for a digest is also something I appreciate.
Apparently you like the digest. You are ignoring the fact that many do not. Consider someone who gets every post emailed to them. This list averages nearly 70 messages per day. Now go back and read what Shmuel wrote and your response. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
