From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Sep 3 17:18:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA24513 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 17:18:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA24508 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 17:18:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA07691; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 09:47:38 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id JAA14085; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 09:47:36 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980904094736.O606@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 09:47:36 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: John Birrell Cc: allenc@verinet.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mail's fate (was Re: E-day problems: rtld-elf dlsym() broken?) References: <19980904093109.L606@freebie.lemis.com> <199809040024.KAA04193@cimlogic.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199809040024.KAA04193@cimlogic.com.au>; from John Birrell on Fri, Sep 04, 1998 at 10:24:06AM +1000 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Friday, 4 September 1998 at 10:24:06 +1000, John Birrell wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: > [...] >> ... but that doesn't mean I like >> receiving it: it just means I can read it when I get it, which is more >> than I can say for the Microsoft Wart attachments I keep getting. > > As a matter of policy, I reply to those asking for a format I can read. > I have one (ex-)supplier who only provides technical notes in that > way. I no longer pay them for support and I no longer install their > products. That's fine as long as you have the choice. I do some work for Compaq. The money's good, and I find it enables me to put up with the emetic nature of their mail system. But I still have to reply and ask for open formats when they send messages in proprietary formats. Greg -- 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-chat" in the body of the message