Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 14:51:14 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@video-collage.com> Subject: Re: Stopping the bloody cross posting. Message-ID: <19980715145114.15816@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199807150432.AAA15295@xxx.video-collage.com>; from Mikhail Teterin on Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 12:32:44AM -0400 References: <19980715141154.01595@welearn.com.au> <199807150432.AAA15295@xxx.video-collage.com>
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On Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 12:32:44AM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> Sue Blake once stated:
>
> =If it really were relevant to that many lists, it should go out just
> =once, through freebsd-announce. If it's not appropriate for -announce,
> =then it's not appropriate for more than two lists. In fact, I have yet
> =to see a message that I regard as being appropriate for as many as two
> =lists.
>
> This is a practical observation, and does not eliminate the
> theoretical possibility of the need to use more then two lists at
> a time.
Theoretically, if it's that important there's nothing stopping you
sending the message twice yourself. A small imposition relative to the
number of people who you wish to take time to read it.
> =There's no way you could make this work for me. I subscribe to the
> =different lists under different user names, a few lists for each user.
> =How are you going to stop me getting pissed off by your lazy-thinking
> =crossposts? You can't.
>
> Well, if you say in advance "there's no way you could make this
> work for me" about _anything_ I would not even try. Please, consider
> changing your tone, those are not my "lazy-thinking crossposts"...
No, actually that was a response to Greg's words and I think he's used
to my spontaneous outbursts by now, while the "you" was a hypothetical
somebody, rather than directly mentioning those who have been spamming
several lists recently with incessant chatter about
my-thing-is-bigger-than-your-thing. When this happens it is usually
lack of forethought or lack of awareness of how to play ball.
> What about "the ability to innovate" ;-> ?
Innovate? Do you mean like using a highly individualistic quoting
character that my mailer doesn't understand, and including an X-Face:
header? I could be more innovative too if I wanted to stand out, but
I'd be reluctant to force it on others.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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