MAIL
====
If your response is personal and/or only appropriate for the person
you are responding to, then mail your response.

POST
====
If your response will be interesting to others or includes a question
that others might be able to answer, post it.  

POST AND MAIL
=============
In addition to posting your response, you may want to also mail a
copy to the person you are responding to.  You can do this by using
the c)c or m)ail command at the final posting prompt.


WARNING
=======
Be aware that people who read your private mailed response will not
be able to tell whether you both posted and mailed your response or
just mailed it.  If you only mailed your response and you do not want
them to respond publicly then you should include a note that says
something like:

   This message has only been mailed; it has not been posted.
   Please do not post this private message, or an excerpt of
   it, to a newsgroup.

This is especially a problem if the person who receives your mailed
response uses pine.  If the person wants to respond to your response,
pine will ask whether their response to your response should also be
posted to the newsgroup.  [A future version of pine will make it more
clear to users that they might be posting a private mail message.]


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