In a message dated 11/29/2002 2:38:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b at dd-b.net> writes: > You left out several key questions. > > 6. Do you find it difficult to reply to the individual > poster in a list where reply-munging is done? There have only been two times on this list when I wanted to send a private response, and both times it was specifically requested by the poster (ie had this been Usenet, the poster should have set Followups to Poster). > 7. Have you ever heard of anybody being seriously > embarrassed, or even harmed (fired, say), for sending a > private reply instead of a public reply? It sure seems embassassing when people's posts are forwarded to list because they accidently sent them privately. > 8. Have you ever heard of anybody being seriously > embarrassed, or even harmed (fired, say), for sending a > public reply instead of a private reply? No, at least not first or second hand. Of course, the only mailing lists I participate on are publically viewable SF discussions. --KG