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Re: Clarification: public private replies [WAS Re: Formal reminder of Codes of Conduct]

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> On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 02:59:26PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote:
>> Clarification, please. Occasionally a miss-configured mail reader will
>> cause a private off-list reply, which the correspondent does not notice.
>> My usual response to that sort of thing is to suggest that the
>> correspondent fix his mail reader, and then reply to the email on-list.
>> But only if there is nothing in either the errant email or my reply to
>> it which I believe to be private. Is something like that within your
>> admonition not to reply on-list to an off-list email?


I had similar questions.


On 12/21/23 14:27, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> ...
> Posting well-intentioned private replies back to the list is not appropriate.


Please clarify how the Debian Community Team wishes us to respond to the 
following use-case:

1.  User A posts to the list.  This post may start or continue a thread.

2.  User B replies to #1 directly to user A.  All content is suitable 
for the list.  There is no statement of "off-list", "private", etc..  A 
reasonable mailing list reader would conclude that the reply was 
intended for the list, but was send off-list due to human error.


And, the double-fault use-case (yes, I made this mistake recently):

1.  User A posts to the list.  This post may start or continue a thread.

2.  User B replies to #1 directly to user A.  All content is suitable 
for the list.  There is no statement of "off-list", "private", etc..  A 
reasonable mailing list reader would conclude that the reply was 
intended for the list, but was send off-list due to human error.

3.  User A replies to #2 directly to user B.  All content is suitable 
for the list.  There is no statement of "off-list", "private", etc..  A 
reasonable mailing list reader would conclude that the reply was 
intended for the list, but was send off-list due to human error.


David

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Fwd: Could we please cease this thread now? [WAS Re: lists] Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-21 15:30 +0100
  Re: Fwd: Could we please cease this thread now? [WAS Re: lists] Arno Lehmann <al@its-lehmann.de> - 2023-12-21 15:50 +0100
  Re: Could we please cease this thread now? [WAS Re: lists] Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-12-21 16:20 +0100
  Re: Could we please cease this thread now? [WAS Re: lists] Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-21 16:20 +0100
    Re: Could we please cease this thread now? [WAS Re: lists] Byung-Hee HWANG <soyeomul@doraji.xyz> - 2023-12-21 16:50 +0100
    Formal reminder of Codes of Conduct [WAS Re: Could we please cease  this thread now?] "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-12-21 22:40 +0100
      Re: Formal reminder of Codes of Conduct [WAS Re: Could we please  cease this thread now?] Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-12-21 23:00 +0100
        Clarification: public private replies [WAS Re: Formal reminder of  Codes of Conduct] "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-12-21 23:30 +0100
          Re: Clarification: public private replies [WAS Re: Formal reminder of  Codes of Conduct] David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-12-22 00:50 +0100
            Re: Clarification: public private replies Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-12-22 11:40 +0100
            Re: Clarification: public private replies [WAS Re: Formal reminder  of Codes of Conduct] Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-12-22 13:50 +0100
              Re: Clarification: public private replies [WAS Re: Formal reminder  of Codes of Conduct] "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-12-23 01:00 +0100

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