[Reader-list] [Announcements] art x documentary: cultural conjuncture. Talk by Geeta Kapur

[Pankaj kaushal]

Dean School of Arts and Aesthetics wrote:
> School of Arts and & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University
> You are cordially invited for a talk on
[snip]
> Geeta Kapur is an independent art critic and curator. She is currently a Visiting 
> Professorial Fellow at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, J.N.U

Dear Ms Geeta Kapur or whoever wrote this mail,

I was tempted to top post, include the whole 201 people in your To: list
and cross-post this to several different news groups, but I'm not
feeling well today.

I might have used my favorite cop-out, "I dont' argue with girls" but,
then again, if I do not do this, who will?

Maybe, you are not aware but, you are breaking a major netiquette by
mentioning all these people in your To: list. Not to mention, infringing
on the privacy of all those who gave their email address to you. You
see, it is highly probable that many of those on your list will not like
their email address available to the rest of the 201 plus the entire
audience of the reader-list.

I for one now know who all might be interested in art and aesthetics and
without their knowledge or will, subscribe them to my news group
alt.animal.husbandry which, I believe is a very important topic to be
aware of. It is useful in any discussion on aesthetic or art and these
people deserve to be a part of it.

The purpose of including a specific person in the To list is to specify
that the mail is addressed to that person (note the To line in this
mail).  The Cc list specifies people who need to know what's happening,
but aren't directly addressed in the message (note the Cc line in this
mail).  I hope the usage of other mail headers is apparent enough to not
require clarification.

Please do not mass include people in the To: or CC: field it is horribly
rude. If It is required to send mass emails use the BCC: option.

Cheers!
Pankaj
-- 
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

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