[Sca-cooks] Double Posts

[Tom Vincent]

I wasn't trying to pick on you particularly, it was just that I've 
gotten so many of these double-posts and wasn't seeing (or paying 
attention to) any sort of pattern regarding source.

The way I see it, an e-list mimics the conversation a group of people 
would have in person, so if the post was directed to one person and one 
person only, the conversation would be outside of the group and so the 
e-mail reply would go to that person *only* and not the group (mimicking 
a private conversation where two people headed outside or into a 
separate room, for example) whereas a comment to the group (a post to 
the list) is fair game for everyone to 'hear' and comment on.  
Politeness or courtesy doesn't come into play.

So, a double-post (private and group) is really like taking a person at 
a party aside to tell them something and then head back to the group and 
say exactly the same thing to the person in front of the group!  See 
what I mean?

The technical/housekeeping problem with it is that I *always* have to 
fix the 'to:' list to remove one or more unnecessary recipients.


Duriel

Anne-Marie Rousseau wrote:
> sorry, I'm one of the "double posters". I figured it was polite to reference the person if my 
> reply was directed at their question so that it wouldnt get lost in their inbox.
>
> does this list have a policy on that? I'm afraid I cant remember who likes doubles and who 
> doesnt, sorry, but am happy to abide by whatever policy Gunther and the list prefers.
>
> --AM, who personally prefers doubles, sometimes. and sometimes not. it all depends. which 
> makes it her own problem, not anyone elses ;)
>
>
> On Fri Apr 21 16:56 , Colin MacNachtan  sent:
>
>   
>> --On Friday, April 21, 2006 18:43:18 -0400 Tom Vincent
>> Tom.Vincent at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> s there a reason why some people double post?  Sending a reply to the
>>> poster as well as to the list, which *also* goes to the poster? 
>>> It's rather annoying and I wondered if there was actually any good reason
>>> to do it.
>>>       
>> I can think of a few reasons why it happens...
>>
>> First and foremost, many mail clients will do this automatically when you
>> reply.  They will send the message to the sender of the original and cc
>> anyone else it went to, ie the list.  While some of us are computer geeks,
>> others aren't, and will probably not realize the effect of doing it.
>>
>> Second, from a social standpoint, I consider it polite to address the
>> response to the person sending, especially if my remarks are aimed directly
>> at the sender (I didn't do that with this message since you stated that you
>> prefer otherwise).
>>
>> Third, some mail systems will detect and remove duplicate messages, so
>> those recipients will only receive one copy and never realize multiple
>> messages were sent.  This tends to encourage those people to include the
>> sender in their replies, as well, since they have no idea it doesn't work
>> that way everywhere.
>>
>> And in the end, we all have things we don't know and/or don't have the
>> patience to learn in depth.  We should all show tolerance for those who
>> don't have the same pet peeves as we do, and allow them their lack of
>> understanding of that particular detail.
>>
>> Colin
>>
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