On 2011-05-11 17:35:20 Freeman wrote: >On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 08:30:49PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: >> 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 "Do not quote messages that were sent to you by other people in private 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..." > >+1 -1 >Unless the user states that it is a private email, or it is obviously >discrete, the most expeditious thing is to forward it to the list. It's nearly impossible to infer whether the sender meant the message to be private or not. Making the reply public and cause significant and irreversible damage. Whereas, keeping the reply private causes, at most, temporary and reversible damage. Replies to private messages should be kept private. It is easy enough to prompt the sender to use the list for future correspondence and simultaneously give you permissions for your private message to be quoted in a public forum. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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