In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 08:43:53PM +0800, Dark Servant wrote: > Yeah it probably would be poor manners for someone to post a reply to > a private mail onto the list if the person doing it actually noticed > that the mail they received actually was private.
But wouldn't it be poor manners not to notice that the mail was private? In the case of the WAMUG list, the list's software takes no position about whether replies should go to the list or to the personal sender. Thus, it is up to us as individuals to make that choice. To *add* the list's address into a private reply doesn't seem polite to me! All I can guess is that when you're replying to the list, you're using the 'Reply' button and then *manually* inserting the list's address. Perhaps what you should do instead is use the 'Reply All' button which will automatically include the list's address. If it is a private e-mail, 'Reply All' will not add the list's address. (However, if you do use the 'Reply All' button, be sure to remove the personal sender's address so as not to be sending duplicates to that person -- I don't think this list supresses duplicates.) PS. With many lists, it's normal for a variety of replies to be sent off-list. There are many reasons for this.
