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>In the past couple of weeks, a few people posted messages to which I
>would have liked to send a private reply. However, I could not do so
>because they failed to include their email address.
This is incorrect. Every message sent to this list includes the email
address of its sender. Some mail programs fail to display the addresses they
receive.
I think the lack of courtesy, if any, does not lie entirely with the sender.
...RM