Thread hijacking

[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

> Thread hijacking is frowned upon, and so is publicly commenting on thread
> hijacking.
>
> The same can be said about the following activities:
>
>   
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> * direct replies (not to list)
>
>
> They are all violations against the letter or the spirit of the mailing
> list etiquette, but the users that do those things are usually new users
> that aren't even aware that there is such a thing as an etiquette.

Where, may I ask, does it say that private/direct replies are violations 
of the letter or spirit of mailing list etiquette?


It is a violation of mailing list etiquette to post other's 
private/direct replies to you to the mailing list but private/direct 
replies in themselves are rarely violations of any mailing list etiquette.