On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 08:04:56AM -0400, Mike A. Harris wrote: > On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Richard A. Hecker wrote: > > >I will add my own Rant here. Ignoring email from Joe Public who > >bought his 'Puter from Walmart' might work, but I feel 'Dissed' > >when a person insults my intelligence with this respose. > > It isn't an insult to intelligence at all. I don't delete every
...<snip>... > > Should I cater to these people? If I delete their question, do > you still think I am insulting their intelligence? I did not suggest that you cater to these people. I just pointed out the offense I would take from such an insult. I would remember such an insult during any future dealings I had. > > Your assumptions are fairly accurate. I'm on over 100 mailing > lists, maybe more, I don't count anymore, and use 2 mail clients > (pine) simultaneously across 5 mail accounts. I've no idea how > much mail that is, but probably 5000-10000 a day. I don't read > them all of course, nor respond. I have prioritized mail folders > so I get the most important stuff right away, less important > stuff later, and the rest are generally archived for snooping > through or searching when I'm bored or need to search for a > problem or whatever as I prefer to archive lists locally that I > use than to use the klunky web based unreliable search engines. > > This makes sense. I basically agree with you. It comes down to the _priority_ of a message. Everyone has their own priority scheme. This might be a good place for me to bash [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] accounts. I simply pointed out that you can pretend a message never arrived but some people will see right through that excuse. Richard _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
