The proper response to your question is of course, "Why do you assume that managing the character of this list is under your purview? Why do you assume that your advice is wanted or apreciated"
It's a very active list and has many members. Obviously your opinion that there is an "atitude problem" is the minority view. Jim Helfer (Who can almost never answer any questions,but has learned a lot) -----Original Message----- From: Greg Heywood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 11:10 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: URGENT DISASTER RECOVERY Never said I wanted that. I just think so of you people need to get some personal skills. If you don't like helping people don't do it, but if you don't mind, why the attitude? Don't bother answering, it is a rhetorical question. We all get annoyed in answering the same question time and time again, but be a little constructive. I am not being critical, I will leave that to the *experts*, I just don't understand why there is this big attitude problem. Some of the emails spend more space whinging and complaining about people writing stupid questions, then they do giving answers. Gary's post was just one example. Why write "Bite me"? Why make the smart-arse comment in the first place? Why not just ignore it? Why not just write "Read the FAQ" or "Read the on-line help". The following quote is from section 1.11 in the FAQ: "A: None whatsoever. While you may be tempted to wrest mirth from such an annoyance as someone bothering 4000 other subscribers with a test message, there is absolutely nothing you can post in response that will ameliorate this particular trespass. Whatever you are thinking of saying, be it "You failed" or "Did I pass?" has surely been said before, and perhaps was not a knee-slapper in the first place. Just let it go." Please explain why it is unacceptable to bother 4000 other subscribers with a test message, but not unacceptable to bother 4000 odd subscribers with unproductive and ridiculous drivel like some of the stuff we see on the list in response to genuine queries (even if the answer is in the manual/help!). Do you think you are cool or something by sending these sorts of messages? Is there some sort of competition where you have an award for the person who can flame the most posters? I don't know, I thought most people here were working for a living, but some of these emails could have come from a primary school. Bottom line is, there is a difference between being short with someone, where you can answer the question and point them in the right direction and make sure they know they screwed up by not checking in the first place, and the stupid emails with contribute nothing. -----Original Message----- From: Robert Moir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 16 May 2002 15:52 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: URGENT DISASTER RECOVERY > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Heywood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 16 May 2002 15:36 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: URGENT DISASTER RECOVERY > > > Yeah, they can piss people off elsewhere. 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