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In lugnet.org.au, Larry Pieniazek writes:
<snip>
> I'm not defending. I'm not attacking. I'm just trying to be equanamible.
Kudos to Larry for making me check my dictionary. :-) Ironically, it's
not even there (or in my Word97 spell-check) The closest word listed is
equanimity, (composure) but I can extrapolate from there.
> In lugnet.market.theory, Mark Harrison writes:
> > I'm happy to respect Larry's personal wish not to receive a copy of
> > any response I or anyone makes to any post he places on the newsgroups
> > but please DO continue to send me a copy of any replies to my posts.
>
> But I am not going to do that either. I post using the web interface.
> Mailing a post seems to me to defeat the purpose of a newsgroup, as well
> as adding a lot of extra work on my end.
> > In my opinion, it is the polite thing to do and is not a waste of time
> > I might miss your replies on the newsgroups...
> It is a waste of *my* time to compensate for your not reading groups...
Both of you have valid points, although I would say Larry has the
more logical position. Perhaps we could have a standard e-mail
header that everyone would use IF they chose to send an e-mail copy
of their posting. There's too many postings for most people to read
them all, but duplicates - with no indication they're duplicates - make
so sense, cause confusion, and waste people's time.
I propose that we all follow the following as common courtesy.
When sending an e-mail that is exactly or essentially a duplicate,
include "LUGNET COPY" in the subject line and/or make it the first
line of the e-mail text.
Todd: (or others?) Feel free to override or improve this suggestion.
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