On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 02:52:42PM -0800, b b wrote: : : Some people don't read carefully before responding. I : didn't say he sent me a private email!!! Anyway it : would be appropriate not to forget to take out the : email addresses other than the php-general... when : clicking reply-all. I just don't see how someone who : forgets and includes your address (so that you get : duplicate responses, 8 from this person so far) : complains that you replied to the wrong version. And : he does it in the general list. That is not right.
I've run into this problem myself. It's really a matter of personal experience, learning as you go. Nowadays, when I respond to a public list posting via a private email, I usually prefix the message body with some descriptive blurb like "This is a private message." -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php