Please don't copy the list to personal messages!<br><br>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.<br>
<br>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.<br>
<br>Thank you for your attention. "As you were!"<br><br>Dwight Holmes<br>TownTalk List Moderator<br><br><br>