Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > - make it clear to other observers that there's at least one person > who hopes this is not the norm for this list Make it at least two by counting me ;-) > - make a general reminder that collaborating on the Internet is hard, > but it's worth spending the extra effort to consider how comments > will be taken by the intended receiver, as well as others on the > list Well, in this particular case both of us know exactly how the sender wants the message to be taken by the other side. At least I do.