Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 22:11:18 -0500

From: Frank Mark R mrf546t[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NIC.SMSU.EDU

Subject: Re: replying to individuals



On Wed, 5 Oct 1994 PPATRICK[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GUVAX.BITNET wrote:



As a newcomer to the list (though I know some several of you on it!),

I've been wondering. On other lists I'm on, it's customary to reply to

individuals for some topics; here, messages addressed to individuals

keep getting forwarded to the whole list (eg, about a dozen replies to

Luanne v.m.'s request for assistance/informants

. Is this customary? or are people just unaware of it?

Unenlightened in DC





I, for one, apologize for mis-posting. I realized after I sent off my

reply that the whole list didn't need to see it and that I had needlessly

wasted bandwidth. Consider this my final, penitent, public reply to a

private inquiry.

Thanks,

Mark Frank