From: 71231 DOT 104 AT compuserve DOT com (Richard Slobod)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Curious
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 07:17:38 GMT
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Robert Hoehne <Robert DOT Hoehne AT Mathematik DOT tu-chemnitz DOT de> 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
>
>I'm one of that people and I do this, because the user will get in
>most cases the answer in a shorter time and by the reason you
>mentioned (not all read the group regulary).

Not to mention that usenet is unreliable enough that even a regular
reader of the group may never see an article.