- From: Dan Brickley <danbri@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 07:16:35 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org>
- cc: <www-archive@w3.org>
On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, Sandro Hawke wrote: > > Note: I have CC'd a public archive [1]. If you CC it on your reply, > > it will be permanently archived on the web and thus much easier for me > > to refer to and share with people. Feel free to omit it if you're > > more comfortable answering privately. Don't worry about addressing a > > wider audience in a CC'd reply; the archive is understood to simply > > contain e-mail that people are willing to have kept around for future > > reference. > > Note to self: this is a poor way to address this problem. Much better > would be to simply ask at the bottom: "May I archive your response on > the web as part of my research notes, or would you prefer I keep it > confidential?" I thought it worked quite well. Particularly as anyone replying and copying www-archive will get a msg from gerald's list archive permissions system, so advance warning is useful. Dan ps. this is my favourite mailing list... -- mailto:danbri@w3.org http://www.w3.org/People/DanBri/
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