> > Sloppy semantics is, when someone addresses an email that start with
> > 'John...' to a mailing list with >1800 members and g*d know how many
> > Johns on it, not the replay to that email, imho.

Peter (  :-) ) , when I see that I generally take it as meaning that they
are making a specific (sometimes) pointed) comment to the original poster in
a conversation that is known to have a wider audience. I think it is often
more a nuance than a slop.


        Russell

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