-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Munging has always traditionally been okay in news.
I always thought this was exclusively moron behaviour. I'm not alone. http://www.interhack.net/pubs/munging-harmful/ > On the USENET, too, correspondence is always done in the newsgroup. Sometimes, it's just not appropriate to reply to the group. When people munge, you have no recourse for sending a personal reply. This is a Bad Thing as it puts communication at an impasse. > Often times people carbon copy messages in mailing lists, especially > when a person does not wish to subscribe to the mailing list. In news, > carbon copying messages and requesting it is generally considered > unethical, so munging is not so frowned upon. Automatic carbon copies aren't considered unethical, but they are considered rude and a sign of cluelessness, even in mail. That's what the Followup-To (in news) and it's mail cousin, Mail-Followup-To are for. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/MjRlsClmdIs2Ki8RAmyLAJ4gk1EFGOYbNNFKehBjimht1raHygCgg75i jsDHSFCjROyonIOk1eDFwDY= =dXL3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
