[RP TownTalk] A note from your TownTalk list moderator

Dwight Holmes dwightrholmes at gmail.com
Mon Jul 25 14:45:23 UTC 2011


Please don't copy the list to personal messages!

I understand there are occasions where people mean to reply to the list (for
which you must use the REPLY-ALL mode) but inadvertently hit the simple
REPLY and the message goes only to the original sender, rather than the
list.  In cases where there's absolutely certainty this is what happened, it
may be ok to add "TownTalk" to the list of recipients when replying.  But
only then.

If a reader has - for whatever reason - chosen to reply directly to you AND
ONLY YOU to a post that you made to TownTalk then you should continue the
conversation with that person - or not, as you choose.  But it is totally
inappropriate to add TownTalk back into the list of recipients when replying
in such a case without the full consent and acknowledgment of the person who
replied to you. There are many reasons why someone might reply directly to
you rather than to the list - the reasons are theirs and should be honored
by all of us.

Thank you for your attention.  "As you were!"

Dwight Holmes
TownTalk List Moderator
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