On Sun, 19 Nov 2000 22:49:35 -0000, "Chris Merriman"
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>However, I appreciate David's frustration. For somebody making many replies
>and helpful contributions getting many rebounds must be frustrating. Can you
>[David] show more detail on the headers in your Usenet reader to give you
>warning? Else, forget the courtesy email. Whatever, please continue to let
>us have the benefit of your expertise.
I have decided to stop adding the e-mail cc's to my
answering posts, but to continue responding to posts
with posts - the frustration with totally "un-obvious"
anti-spammed return e-mail bounces got too great (most
I had bounces from are not obviously modified; they are
made to look real...), and, to my great surprise, it
appears some people are actually offended by cc
e-mails in response to their questions! (Weird....! ;-)
>Getting a response by email is a helpful, but I think all "in line"
>responses should be posted unless the newgroup is going to become no more
>than a contact group. Instead, it should remain a forum.
Yes. I rarely respond just with an e-mail unless the
response is clearly not of general interest...
>From one with a thinly disguised reply address because I got undesirable
>(and unsolicited) email which I dont want my kids picking up.
Very reasonable, and it can be done in a way that is
easy to spot and "de-antispamerize"...;-)