Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 11:17:57 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu> Cc: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu>, Christopher Booth <Christopher_Booth@mcgraw-hill.com>, freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Off Topic: Addressbook Message-ID: <19990626111757.X427@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3773B468.F5E7B184@glue.umd.edu>; from Brandon Fosdick on Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 12:55:04PM -0400 References: <199906242222.SAA17109@interlock.mgh.com> <199906242348.SAA00314@wotan.611.chedworth.hou.tx.us> <3773B468.F5E7B184@glue.umd.edu>
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On Friday, 25 June 1999 at 12:55:04 -0400, Brandon Fosdick wrote: > "M. L. Dodson" wrote: >> >> Booth, Christopher writes: >>> I apologise for a slightly off-topic query, but I think this group could >>> answer this one: >>> >>> Can I get Microsoft Outlook and Netscape to share an addressbook? >> >> What the )(*&)&^&^%*^%$! On the freebsd-questions list, you post >> ^^^^^^^ >> a Windows question and the best you can come up with is that it >> is "slightly off-topic"? How about not even on the same planet >> as the topic? This is not appreciated as it is gross abuse of >> the resources of the list. We give answers to freebsd questions >> gratis on our own time. Sometimes people make mistakes and ask >> an off-topic question. That is to be expected, and they should >> be gently straightened out. Since you realize it is off-topic, >> you have no excuse. Go away and ask your question in the >> appropriate forum. > > Since when did we start flaming people around here? After hearing > all the stories on this list about people switching to FBSD because > the users are so much more helpful than Linux users and how we don't > flame people that ask stupid questions this was quite a shock. I > agree that the original question was misdirected but was that a good > way to deal with it? > > To answer the question: I don't know. Considering how much M$ and > Netscape hate each other, I doubt it's possible. You might try > looking into an LDAP server. (Check the ports collection). You > could also try the Netscape discussion forums. Agreed, there's no necessity to flame people. But I think it's also wrong to answer these questions. FreeBSD-questions already has a very high volume, and if we start answering questions which are completely off topic, it will just make things worse. Answer in private, by all means, but please keep it off the list. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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