Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 09:01:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com>, jmb@freefall.freebsd.org, blh@nol.net, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ok, look folks Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.961009090008.19159A-100000@skipper.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <21075.844855496@time.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > True enough, but sometimes people don't *know* what they > > subscribed as. Not everyone is all that knowledgable about > > mail systems, or in control of the mail system they're using. I've personally handled at least a half dozen cases like this in the last year. If they're even minimally gracious, it's no problem. Having a tantrum on the mailing list is not really great behaviour. > > No problem. > > 1. Send email to majordomo@freebsd.org saying "help". > 2. It sends you back a list of commands. > 3. You notice that one of those commands allows you to receive a copy > of all the users on a list. > 4. You figure out which one you are and you send the deletion request. > > I'm sorry, but this is an open and shut case of someone who found it > easier to yell and scream than do his homework. Not the best of first > impressions, and certainly one which will stick with me for awhile. > Fortunately for Jim, it's also unlikely that anyone will ever ask me > for a reference. > > Jordan > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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