I agree. Also, sending a copy to the poster means that they are likely to get it first which seems like a desirable courtesy.
On 8/8/06, Marc Schwartz (via MN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Re-sending to the list only for archiving, as my original reply had too > many recipients and I cancelled it.] > > > 1. One need not be subscribed to the list to be able to post. Thus, > indeed, a poster may not see all postings. > > 2. On the relatively rare occasion (thanks to Martin) where the server > seems to incur delays in sending out posts and replies, copying the > original poster on your reply ensures that they will get the reply in a > timely fashion. > > HTH, > > Marc Schwartz > > On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 17:41 +0100, Heinz Tuechler wrote: > > What could be the reason, to respond not only to the list? I did not see an > > advantage, to receive a response twice, once directly, once by the list. > > Is it wrong, to assume that someone who writes to the list, does also > > receive all the postings on the list? > > > > Heinz > > > > At 08:09 08.08.2006 -0500, Mike wrote: > > >Thank you both. > > > > > >I would prefer to communicate through the list only. > > > > > >Mike. > > > > > >On Tue August 8 2006 04:47, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > > >> On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Peter Dalgaard wrote: > > >> > Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> > > First, you replied to the list and not to me, which was discourteous. > > >> > > > >> > You mean that he replied to the list *only*, I hope. > > >> > > >> Yes, and it was written as if to me, and was a reply to an email from me. > > >> > > >> > I usually consider it offensive when people reply to me and not the > > >> > list (reasons including: It feels like being grabbed by the sleeve, I > > >> > might not actually be the best source for the answer, and it's > > >> > withholding the answer from the rest of the subscribers.) > > >> > > >> We do ask people to copy to the list. > > > > > >______________________________________________ > > >[email protected] mailing list > > >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > >PLEASE do read the posting guide > > >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
