From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Curious
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 01:02:25 -0600
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On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Thomas Demmer wrote:
> Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> > A lot of people seem to reply to my articles by posting and cc'ing a copy
> > to my personal e-mail. I find this a bit peculiar. Perhaps some people
> 
> Maybe you should start thinking before posting in such a tone.
> To me, as a non-native speaker of english, you style of writing
> is really annoying. But then again, I might be wrong. 

And many people don't realize how lucky they are that I don't write in
a southern louisanna accent, nobody would be able to understand me
postings here chap.

> Nevertheless, given you know enough about the organization of the usenet
> news server hierarchy, you also know that the time for spreading news
> can be up to 3 days. You probably also know news feeds can go down, do
> you?  You also know that most humans are impatient to get an answer to
> their urgent questions. In some 80% of all cases mail is by way
> faster.So, I wouldn't consider this ``peculiar'', but rather a ``kind of

I've found that most of the time, it's a good thing, you get a email
letting you know someone did respond, and personally, it gives me
something to look forward to in the newsgroup.  Unless the matter is life
or death, but hey, what could possibly be that important?, I generally
wait until I see the article in the newsgroup before responding, by then,
several other people may have made responses to the post which generated
the email.  Then, I can make a more informed response, or have a more
detailed question to ask.  Also, unless the matter is pressing, I'll
generally 'follow up' over 'both' unless the subject requires 'reply'.

Cheerio, ta-tah.

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