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	Robert F on Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:09:52 -0500)
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> why are folks on this list so pissy all the time? i belong to 3/4 other list
> servers and never see this kind of crap.

It may be a "feature" of the way the list is set up.  When you reply
to someone on this list, the default is to reply to the list - not to
the individual.  This is not the usual default, but the alternative is
that people end up getting multiple copies of messages (one private,
one public) and/or people getting private requests that should have
been public.  It's a tradeoff, but I think it's still the right
tradeoff.  You just have to be careful to check the "To:" field when
you think you're replying privately to a mailing list message.