Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:48:45 -0500 From: Christopher Sean Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: This list works poorly at best -- Was: Censorship... Message-ID: <20011031154845.B4016@dantooine.vindaloo.com> In-Reply-To: <7zg07zef1q.07z@localhost.localdomain>; from swear@blarg.net on Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 12:21:37PM -0800 References: <51430008@toto.iv> <15328.7821.910344.11674@guru.mired.org> <20011031083135.B27498@xor.obsecurity.org> <15328.10690.181941.964290@guru.mired.org> <20011031124614.H3717@dantooine.vindaloo.com> <7zg07zef1q.07z@localhost.localdomain>
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On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 12:21:37PM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
> Bad advice. People should assume that a private reply was private
> because the replier wanted it to be private. Forwarding it on to a
> public forum is a nasty violation of privacy. I'm sure there are
> exceptions and you could re-post generic info, etc, I suppose, but you
> shouldn't try to read the replier's mind about it and at a minimum you
> should remove any identifying info.
>
As I replied personally to Gary I agree with this. I would say however that
if you come to this forum looking for an answer and you get one you really
are should post of summary of how you fixed the problem for the common good.
--
Chris Hilton chilton-at-vindaloo-dot-com
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