From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jul 14 21:51:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA16007 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 21:51:40 -0700 (PDT) (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 VAA15998 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 21:51:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA03324; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 14:51:17 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980715145114.15816@welearn.com.au> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 14:51:14 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Mikhail Teterin Cc: Subject: Re: Stopping the bloody cross posting. References: <19980715141154.01595@welearn.com.au> <199807150432.AAA15295@xxx.video-collage.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <199807150432.AAA15295@xxx.video-collage.com>; from Mikhail Teterin on Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 12:32:44AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message