Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 22:33:55 +0100 From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@boothman.easynet.co.uk> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Asking Sue nicely, no personal Emails... (was Re: How important is "the OS?") Message-ID: <35956543.60D2BDCB@boothman.easynet.co.uk> References: <XFMail.980627121348.fewtch@serv.net>
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Tim Gerchmez wrote: > > No, I don't want to receive Emails from you addressed directly to me (for my > own personal reasons, which I don't care to get into on this list). Answering > threads posted to the list by me, or even addressing me personally in public on > the list is fine, but I DON'T want to receive an Email from you > addressed to me that arrives in my "inbox" rather than my "BSD-Newbies-List" > mailbox. In other words, if you have something to say to me, say it on the > list. > > Haven't I made myself clear on this point? I've asked you not to do it, but you > continue, so that's why I threatened to contact your ISP about it. Please > don't send me personal Emails. This is the *last* time I will ask nicely. > After that, I'm liable to get nasty about it. > Okay, okay. Lets calm down. No one wants to make enemies on this list, and that's exactly what you two will do of each other if you don't stop this now. Tim, please except that sending replies to the original poster is standard practice on freebsd-* lists for reasons that we all know. It is very difficult to see why an exception should be made for you. I use Netscape Communicator and I have a filter set up so that any e-mail that has newbies@freebsd.org in the to or cc headers gets moved to a separate mailbox. Surely your mail software is flexible enough to allow you to set it up similarly. Also, I do not believe that threatening Sue with going to her ISP will help you get anywhere. You are asking people to do you a favour, and threading people will hardly make them feel happier to help you. Sue, Tim asked not to be put in recipient lists and you should have explained that this is not the standard behaviour in freebsd-* mailing lists, instead of flatly ignoring his request. There has been wrongdoing on both sides of this argument. And I think we're all big enough to step back, admit our mistakes, and move on. There is no place in any freebsd mailing list for this sort of flaming. -- Andrew Boothman <andrew@boothman.easynet.co.uk> http://www.boothman.easynet.co.uk/andrew/ PGP Key available from public servers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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