Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:56:27 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Polite Advocacy on -questions WAS: learning UNIX Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901252143530.276-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.990125131442.9317A-100000@dsinw.com>
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> First thing you need to learn about UNIX, HTML is NOT a valid way >to send E-mail. Other then that, jump right in. FreeBSD is a fully >functional complete operating system in it's own right. If you talk to >many people on this list, they will agree that anything Microsoft has >ever put out can only be called an operating system by the broadest >standards. I highly suggest you buy Greg Lehey's book, The Complete >FreeBSD. It along with the docs and www.freebsd.org will be invaluable >referances. If you still have further questions, this mailing list is a >good place to ask them. The original author was trimmed out to protect the innocent. Also, this message goes out to -questions at large and not just the guy who wrote the above. -Questions is the most visible, first contact place that new users see in our community. As such we should provide them an invitation, not a rejection. What is the most important, most visible thing that the above paragraph says to a new user? It says, "I don't like the way you send your email!" The rest of the discussion fades into obscurity once the reader is aggravated. This guy probably doesn't know what html formatted email is or that there was any other way to send email. I didn't. We are here to help users so let's do that. How do you fix this while still telling people the proper decorum for the forum? Put the comment at the end of your message and explain _simply_ that many people cannot read HTMLized email and that messages will be more effective if they are plain text. Your replies will be more effective too. Catchya Later, | Give me UNIX or give me a typewriter. Jason Wells | http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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