Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 02:33:50 -0400 From: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> To: fewtch@serv.net Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Asking Sue nicely, no personal Emails... (was Re: How import Message-ID: <3595E3CD.E860837F@aei.ca> References: <XFMail.980627213937.fewtch@serv.net>
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Tim Gerchmez wrote: > > On 27-Jun-98 Malartre wrote: > > > Sue Blake receive probably a lot of mail. If she want to reply to one of > > them, she have no time to check if "Tim" is on the list of people who do > > not want to be sent a cc of the msg. > > I would very much appreciate it if she did. It's not that tough just to check > who your messages are going to and click "delete" on one of the recipients. I > always check myself, just to know who the message is going to. Not to do so is > somewhat careless, IMO. You should always know where your Email is going > before clicking "Send." > > > Read that carefully: http://www.lemis.com/questions.html#answer > > "6. ...Unless there's a good reason to do otherwise, just reply to the > > person and copy FreeBSD-questions." > > Consider this strong personal request a "good reason to do otherwise," and thus > obeying the list charter. > > My mail reader in Windows (Eudora) allowed server-side filtering - I.E. if I > didn't want to receive a message, the mail reader wouldn't download it at all, > just instruct the server to delete the message. My BSD Email program doesn't do > that, AFAIK (I'll have to check more carefully). > > I have a right to control what goes into my private mailbox, and to request that > others don't send me mail, for whatever reason I please. I don't dislike Sue, > am not trying to get on her case, I simply don't want any personal Email > from her. If she wants to discuss something with me (or I with her) I want it > to take place on the list only, so others can offer feedback. That's all I'm > asking, and I'm not trying to start trouble. > > Think of it like this: There's a certain person you want to talk to only in a > public place, not one to one in a room in your house. Certainly there are a few > people in your life you could apply that to, for whatever reason. This is not a good reason. Anyway, don't talk about that on the list. You should be abble to do what you want without mailing us a subject who have no place on newbies@freebsd.org. If she want to mail you, she do it. That's all. Ignore her if you want. -- [Malartre] [malartre@aei.ca][ICQ#4224434][www.aei.ca/~malartre/][www.FreeBSD.ORG] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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