[Vision2020] Check Addresses of "Private" E-mail, etc.

[Tbertruss at aol.com]

Scott et. al.

The example I was suggesting was when someone writes "private" in the subject 
heading but accidentally sends the e-mail to the V2020 list.  Then this 
e-mail will have the V2020 address contained automatically, so that someone 
replying to this "private" e-mail might again accidentally send it to the V2020 list.

Both the sender and the responder in this case would not be paying very good 
attention. But someone is not paying very good attention anyway when they 
don't see the V2020 address is present as a "send to" address, or they add the 
V2020 address, and end up sending "private" e-mail to the list, well, unless this 
is "accidentally on purpose."  This has happened on V2020 so many times there 
are quite a few people not paying attention.

My point was simply that when responding to V2020 posts or "private" e-mails 
generated from list discussions, it is simple to check the addresses (unless 
the address list is very long) to know for sure whether your reply will go to 
the list or not.  Simple mistakes are easy to miss sometimes.  All it takes is 
one click on the wrong "button."

I have made this mistake of clicking on "reply all" and had to correct my 
error!  A few times I have not caught this error and sent a "private" e-mail to 
the list, so my scenario here is not just theoretical.  But as far as I know 
there is no easy way to remove these mistakes from the V2020 archives.  

Relying on ONLY checking the subject heading for the word "private," or some 
words meaning the same thing, is no guarantee your reply, that may contain 
someone else's "private" message, will not end up on the list. 

Ted Moffett

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