[plug] [OT] iiNet, ADSL, & Westnet

[Bret Busby]

On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Leon Blackwell wrote:

> 
> On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 02:00:29PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> > I have sent Craig a message, off-list, referring to my experiences with 
> > Arachnet
> 
> Though I hesitate in taking this even further off topic, but what is the
> point of sending an off-list email and then posting on-list to inform
> people of it?
> 
> 
> 

1. A previous, interim message, sent off-list to Craig, was not 
acknowledged, so it was not known whether it was seen by Craig. That is 
an observation, not a request for an acknowledgement of the previous 
off-list message.

2. In that context, and as Craig may allocate a different priority to 
reading list messages, as this is the list on which the thread appeared, 
Craig may be alerted to the message having been sent, and therefore go 
looking for it (if he is interested), in perhaps a different location 
(eg, folder), to where he may look otherwise. (E.g., if his PLUG 
messages go to one folder, and some other messages go elsewhere, where 
he may not so frequently visit, he may be inclined to go there, looking 
for the message)

3. In the circumstances, and, as merits and otherwise of various ISP's 
were discussed at the time, whilst the thread was from about 6 weeks 
ago, as mentioned in my earlier posting today, matters had reached a 
critical point, and, so, posting to the list, the message that I posted 
earlier today, shows that a problematic situation has occurred and got 
worse, with an ISP previously considered on the list.

4. It also indicates that a response has been sent, to the particular 
issue, and it sometimes occurs, that people post messages on mailing 
lists, in response to a query/message, stating something along the 
lines, "I have responded, off-list".

Thus, it is not something that does not happen on mailing lists, it 
indicates that a response to the issue has been made (and that it was 
made off-list), and, it alerts people to a problem (or to problems) 
having been encountered with the particular ISP mentioned, without the 
details having been published on the list.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
  Chapter 28 of 
  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
  A Trilogy In Four Parts",
  written by Douglas Adams, 
  published by Pan Books, 1992 
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