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Re: Duplicates sent from lists

2004-02-17 13:32:52
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 10:40:34AM -0800, Professional Software
Engineering wrote:

At 17:35 2004-02-17 +0100, Dallman Ross wrote:

like (paraphrased here), "*I* get *my* copy on the *list*, to which
I am SUBSCRIBED."  The wish not to get an extra copy is legitimate.
The holier-than-thou tone implying that anyone who might both be on
the list and want a copy must be an idiot was what bugged me.

I don't read that as that those wanting a copy are idiots.  It's just

No, more like: "What would ever give you the idea that I'd want
a second copy, zit-for-brains?  I'm on the LIST, like, duuuuuh."

amazing how on many lists (particularly non-computer tech) people just
hammer off replies to everybody when in the vast majority of cases,
it's unwarranted.  It's particularly annoying when some people seem to

True.

believe it's their RIGHT to bombard you with extra copies (esp after
some of the reasons you don't want them have been pointed out).

Again true.

Btw, I wrote you privately circa six weeks ago, but never got a
reply.

Yes, I received it.  Yes, I composed a reply - but didn't complete
it to my satisfaction, and it's still sitting in my outbox, and very
quickly, scrolls up out of view given the amount of correspondance I

Been there.  Done that.  :)

Thanks.

Dallman

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