Re: Fwd: Re: [OT] Re: Defending yourself
On Wed, 11 May 2011 11:55:48 -0700, Jeroen van Aart wrote:
> Lisi wrote:
>> It is list policy not to send private replies to list mail. And I
>> thought that it was rude of you to email me privately, not to mention
>> unpleasant.
>
> What you say is untrue. The code of conduct clearly states the
> following:
>
> http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct
>
> "Do not quote messages that were sent to you by other people in private
> mail, unless agreed beforehand."
IMHO, that rule lacks the following preface: "Should a user states his/
her desire to keep a private conversation..."
> I did not agree beforehand for you to quote my message.
As a rule of thumb I always *reply* to the list and *resend* to the list
all the messages I receive, unless:
1/ I know beforehand the person is replying me and can easily see the
user wants to go private.
2/ The own nature of the message (i.e., it contains sensitive data).
3/ The user that replies to me *explicitly* states that he/she wants to
keep an off-list conversation.
> It would be kind of you to apologise.
I hope you also did so when you sent the message to Lisi...
> It is generally considered bad
> nettiquette to send private emails to a mailing list and this list does
> not appear to be an exception.
No, it's the opposite.
> In addition when replying the person's private email is copied in the
> "To:" not the list's address. In my experience this generally means a
> conscious decision was made to encourage replies to go to the individual
> instead of the list.
Sadly, that's not true at all.
There are plenty of "broken" webmail services (i.e., Gmail) that by
default reply to the user's e-mail address instead to the e-mail address
of the mailing list and the user is not aware of this fact.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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