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Mon Jun 17 19:51:04 EDT 2024


On 18/06/24 05:29, Roel Schroeven via Python-list wrote:
> AVI GROSS via Python-list schreef op 17/06/2024 om 17:03:
>> I simply am thinking that people who do not allow me to easily reply 
>> to them
>> directly, should be ignored by me and not get my cooperation that way.
> FWIW, personally I (mostly) don't see the point of replying to people 
> personally. To me a public mailing list is much like any public forum, 
> where my expectation is that conversations happen in public. To me it 
> always feels weird when I get a personal reply when I make a public post 
> in a mailing list. I mostly ignore those, unless there's really 
> something in it that's best kept out of the public. Sometimes people 
> write long mails with wandering thoughts only loosely related to the 
> topic at hand directly to me instead of to the whole list. My take is: 
> if it's not on-topic enough for the list, it's not on-topic enough for 
> me either. Not that it bothers me *that* much; I just ignore those. It's 
> very well possible that's just me, and that other people have different 
> expectations.

+1

The "public" part is not to embarrass posters, but recognition that 
there are likely other people 'out there' (or arriving in-future if they 
care to read the archives) experiencing a similar problem. (hence need 
for descriptive Subject lines - isn't the most difficult task in 
programming 'choosing names'?)

Yes, like @Avi, I have been known to contact folk directly. However, 
such for personal purposes - as distinct from the list, and possibly 
subjects OT for the list.

When contacted by others off-list, I play it by ear - ignore, personal, 
or post response on-list. (some lists/email-clients do seem to prefer 
personal replies, even when incoming message is from a list - so easy 
accident.)

The Delete-key is your friend!

-- 
Regards,
=dn


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