Marco:
My apologies for getting your name wrong. Other than changing two "i's"
for "c's," the rant stands as posted.
Ian:
As a group, I think we're getting wrapped around the axle backwards
here. The politeness being displayed by the replies being sent to the
unsubscribed simultaneously with informing the list that such a message
has been sent is being viewed as a breach of etiquette and impolite.
That smells suspiciously like Newspeak straight out of one of Orwell's
best works. Too much like "no good deed goes unpunished."
I maintain that the community has spoken on how to handle such
communications. I'm willing to be wrong on this, but it has been
discussed and discussed. I *do* remember the thread Marco references. I
see how it is being handled. It's *working*. For me, the traffic in the
OOo lists is a trickle of the 500 or so messages I wade through every
day. It's the price I pay for having an active e-mail account. I
acknowledge that some (most?) of the stuff coming through to me on
various message lists is not pertinent to my interests.
However - and I think this is where we need to take this thread - as a
group, we should be less concerned about "What benefits me?" than "What
questions can I answer?" or "Who can I help?"
I further maintain that having to deal with uninteresting posts is part
of the price we pay for OpenSource and message lists on that topic. For
that matter, message lists have always had that kind of traffic. To
expect anything else is to expect to read the Sunday Times (either one)
without getting newsprint on your fingers.
oldgnome
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