On 29/03/09 21:07, _sc_ wrote: > > On Sunday 29 March 2009 1:36 pm, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > >> Maybe emails would be more homogeneously formatted if we systematically >> gave scathing dessing-downs to anyone deviating from the rules. But do >> we want to? I mean, what do we prefer? Civilized language or adherence >> to the rules? I'm not sure we can have both. > > what i don't understand is why, when someone wants to correct > non-conforming behavior, they feel the need to post to the entire > group as opposed to emailing the offending party individually > > why take the bandwidth of posting to all when the vast majority of > posters do understand and try to follow the group's protocol? > > sc
Possible answers: - So any lurkers may benefit by it. - So other old-timers know that no additional flames to that user are necessary at the mo'. - Because of Google Groups' braindead Reply-To munging, which makes any "Reply to sender" go to the whole group instead. Best regards, Tony. -- Fortune's Real-Life Courtroom Quote #52: Q: What is your name? A: Ernestine McDowell. Q: And what is your marital status? A: Fair. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
