From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 19 01:33:31 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF95916A412 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:33:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chandler@chapman.edu) Received: from calais.chapman.edu (calais.chapman.edu [192.77.116.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA71113C441 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:33:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chandler@chapman.edu) Received: from [206.211.142.181] (ist181.chapman.edu [206.211.142.181]) by calais.chapman.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 690A52EC04 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:33:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <45B01FEC.1030008@chapman.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:33:32 -0800 From: Jay Chandler User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions References: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F126733D@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> In-Reply-To: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F126733D@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Chapman-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Chapman-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Chapman-MailScanner-From: chandler@chapman.edu X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:33:32 -0000 Murray Taylor wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Greg Albrecht [mailto:gregoryba@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 11:42 AM >> To: Murray Taylor >> Cc: freebsd-questions >> Subject: Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term) >> >> On 18/01/07, Murray Taylor wrote: >> >>>> "Top posting" is only one issue. Others of great importance are >>>> trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny >>>> >> fragments, and >> >>>> not writing one-line paragraphs. Your .sig is a good example of >>>> things that people should remove from replies. >>>> >>>> Greg >>>> >>> Exactly! And not only my .sig which I do have control over whether >>> I add it or not, and also the #@$%^%# stupid corporate >>> >> disclaimer also >> >>> (over which I have no control).... sigh >>> >>> mjt (no .sig) >>> >> since i seem to be in the mood to muddy the waters today: >> >> have you considered using a mail address outside of your corporation? >> one which doesn't automatically add that disclaimer. i've never been >> fond of using my work email address for anything outside of work, but >> that's me. maybe this is an obvious answer but it is one way to please >> the etiquette overlords. >> >> -g >> >> -- >> Greg Albrecht (gregoryba@gmail.com) >> > > I started using the lists from work years ago when I was > establishing the FreeBSD servers and it was easier to get > Q&A stuff done... Since then the weenies have come along > and changed out a perfectly servicable Postfix / Cyrus > mail system with M$ Exchg(barf), and the beanies wanted the > disclaimers ...... > > sigh > > Have any of these disclaimers ever proven to be even the slightest bit legally enforceable? I mean, for God's sake, they're at the bottom of the message, essentially telling you not to read the message you just read. -- Jay Chandler Network Administrator, Chapman University 714.628.7249 / chandler@chapman.edu Today's Excuse: PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair)