I hit Reply to All as a matter of courtesy to the original er prior poster:
"Your post to the list is getting attention, you might want to defend or
rebut or giggle or whatever".

common courtesy.

Tracy Pierce

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Cagle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 10:32 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT: Quality Control at Microsoft
>
>
> "Wirt Atmar" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
> news:9vd8pc01k9h@enews3.newsguy.com...
> > Peter writes:
> >
> > > In article <[log in to unmask]>,
> > >  Denys Beauchemin  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >  > What I find strange is he has to burden the list with
> his private
> > message
> > > to
> > >  > Cortlandt.
> > >
> > >  Cortlandt isn't the only one who's doing it, and it was
> intended as a hint
> > >  for others who have the same habit.
> >
> > It isn't a habit. It's the way the list is set up. If you
> press REPLY, only
> > the author gets the message. When you press REPLY ALL the
> reply goes both to
> > the list and to the original author.
> >
> > While you can take the time to scratch out the original
> author's address in
> > the address boxes, I personally like getting the direct
> message, especially
> > in the midst of a conversation. The direct-to-me mail comes
> much faster than
> > does the list, thus I can often have a reply ready by the
> time the same
> > posting is distributed by the listserver.
> >
> > Many years ago, the listserver was set in reverse to its
> current settings,
> > but everyone agreed to the current policy simply because
> too many private
> > responses were accidentally going to the list as a whole.
> Although nothing
> > terribly untoward was ever said in one of these
> accidentally public emails,
> > everyone felt more comfortable with the current situation.
> >
> > Wirt Atmar
>
> This assumes the person in question is accessing the list via
> the 3000-L
> listserver, rather than through the Usenet "mirror" on
> comp.sys.hp.mpe.
>
> --
> Greg Cagle
> gregc at gregcagle dot com
>
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