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[Gabor Grothendieck]

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) <mschwartz at mn.rr.com> 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 <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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