From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Mar 3 19:18:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA05633 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 19:18:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA05268; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 19:17:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA22154; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 14:16:46 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19980304141644.11058@welearn.com.au> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 14:16:44 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Greg Lehey Cc: Amancio Hasty , Joao Carlos Mendes Luis , Mark Murray , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, ahasty@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it just me, or are people forgetting how to write mail? References: <199803021549.MAA05913@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> <199803030920.BAA06680@rah.star-gate.com> <19980304133044.02088@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <19980304133044.02088@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 01:30:44PM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 01:30:44PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Tue, 3 March 1998 at 1:20:23 -0800, Amancio Hasty wrote: > >> #define quoting(Mark Murray) > >> // Greg Lehey wrote: > >> // > It seems to me that in the last couple of months the number of > >> // > hard-to-read mail messages has significantly increased. I've come to > >> // > >> // I have noticed a large increase in this as well; > >> // > >> // o Not quoting the original message, just supplying an out-of context > >> // answer. > >> > >> Put Amancio Hasty in this list ! :) > >> > >> (I had to say that, I had to say that !!!!!!!! :) ) > >> > >> Sometimes I have problems to understand the context in his messages. > > > > (Moved to after the text to which it refers) > > > > Don't worry many of my messages are not meant to be understood rather > > evoke a feeling , reaction and who knows to trigger a thought . > > Aha. Care to comment on what kind of feeling? Soliloquy? -- Regards, -*Sue*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message