On Sat, May 06, 2000 at 09:34:22AM -0700, Russ Johnson wrote:
-> Yup, seems to me there was a reason I was required to read EVERY message in the
-> forums I did support in....
->
-> Also seems to me that mandrake isn't doing this, but should be.
->
-> Russ
->
-> Charles Curley wrote:
->
-> > On Sat, May 06, 2000 at 12:11:21AM -0400, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote:
-> > ->
-> > -> I don't know what the deal is, but I'm getting inudated with messges
-> > -> from *all* the Mandrake lists (devel, newbie, cookier, expert) even
-> > -> though I'm only subscribed to a couple.
-> > ->
-> > -> This situation is intolerable, so I'm off of the list.
-> > ->
-> > -> If Mandrake gets the lists problems fixed, maybe some individual can
-> > -> contact me and let me know, but I can't deal with things as they stand.
-> > ->
-> > -> I never *did* manage to get any cooker packages out there, but I suppose
-> > -> it can wait . . .
-> >
-> > I agree, this situation is absurd.
-> >
-> > It is not hard for the sendmail illiterate to manage lists using sendmail;
-> > I know, I've done it before and I do it now.
-> >
-> > If I were Mandrake management, I would find this situation an
-> > embarrassment: you people don't seem able to use the tools you ship with
-> > your products. At least the people at Microsoft know how to use Exchange
-> > and Outlook.
-> >
-> > The whole point of the customer lists is to allow people knowledgeable on
-> > one subject to help out folk who are less knowledgeable. That suggests
-> > having knowledgeable people like Brian and me around. that in turn suggests
-> > you NOT bombard them with irrelevancies like spam or other lists.
-> >
-> > Clean up your act, Mandrake management, or I too am out of here.
There are, or have been, Mandrake employees on this list. Several have
responded to messages. Whether they have been on the list out of personal
interest or as part of their job requirements I do not know.
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