Allegedly, on or about 03 May 2013, Ralf Corsepius sent:
Well, people who are replying to PM on lists, to me qualify as "not showing any respect to privacy" and them not being able to destinguish between "confidential" and "public" correspondence.
That said, to me, replying to private off-list mails in public is simply inacceptable.
It's the same as following someone home then picking a fight with them, because you no-longer feel obliged to behave with decency. They only way to stop someone doing that sort of thing is to make it known what they're doing.
When someone behaves towards you as a jackass, such as sending foul messages to you in private, *they* brought all the repercussions upon themselves.