[Steppes] When Email Escapes!!

[Trish Kvamme]

Morgan is my hero :)

Larissa

>From: "Michael Smith" <morganbuchanan at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc." <steppes at ansteorra.org>
>To: "Steppes Seneschal" <steppes.seneschal at gmail.com>,        "Barony of 
>Steppes - SCA, Inc." <steppes at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Steppes] When Email Escapes!!
>Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:36:18 -0600
>
>I have this policy.  I don't say anything in an email that I wouldn't say 
>in
>person or to the person to whom I refer.  Further, I don't send anything in
>what I ***KNOW*** is a private email that I would mind seeing posted to a
>list or read to the subject.  Why?  Because you never know what may happen
>once you hit "send" anyway.  I think this is a better policy than doing
>something to help people who are making snarkey comments from looking
>foolish in public.  I just think it's social Darwinism.  There are people
>who can't seem to learn that gossip and hurtful comments aren't nice.  The
>occasional self imposed negative reinforcement is the only thing that keeps
>some of them in check.  Sorry if I've offended anyone, but that's just my
>opinion.
>
>Morgan
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steppes Seneschal" <steppes.seneschal at gmail.com>
>To: <steppes at ansteorra.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:48 PM
>Subject: [Steppes] When Email Escapes!!
>
>
> > This is a situation that many people ignore, but it is a real problem.
> >  Here is how it usually starts:
> >
> > Someone sends a email to the list saying how cool a time they had at the
>event.
> >
> > Someone else replies saying something like "yeah, cool time, but did
> > you see what HL Sparky was wearing, man what was he thinking", and
> > then hits send.....
> >
> > Moments later all the color drains from commenter's face, and fills HL
> > Sparky's...
> >
> > Public and private emails fly about.
> >
> > More rumors, oh what fun.
> >
> > The problem is that the Steppes List is a "party line" so private
> > comments don't stay private.   And yes, I have caused grief in this
> > way more than once.
> >
> > There is a solution,  it would change the default setting to replying
> > to the sender and not the list.  You would actually need to press
> > 'reply all' to get your message to the actual list.
> >
> > I think it's a smart move and I had one of the moderators look into
> > this a couple of months back.  It is not in my authority to make this
> > change, but I think it would help.
> >
> > So, what does the group think?  Is it worth it to you to actually
> > choose "reply all" instead of  "reply" to prevent hurt feelings?  I
> > think it is.
>
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