[R] Netiquette, was Re: ... "gfortran and gcc...

[Heinz Tuechler]

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 <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> 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.
>
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