Out of everything you could have put though.. Why Valvesoftware.com@ etc..
Not to beat a seemingly dead horse, or over complicate the simple.. But prior to you explaining why you do it, I just assumed you had some affiliation with Valve.. Anyway, It's just an aesthetics.. But if it were me, I'd change it just so I didn't have to keep explaining why I do it, or that I have no affiliation with Valve. ..But like I said.. 'That's me'. -Matt On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Patrick Shelley <[email protected]> wrote: > i must admit it has made me think in the past that your email address > is from valve software. i agree you could have used hlds or similar. > > it makes you look like a 'wanna be' imho! > > On 04/02/2009, Mike Stiehm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just saying that when you use "valvesoftware.com" it could be miss > > leading to some people. You can justify it anyway you would like. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:42 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > >> Why is that.. does the address make me seem like someone who gets > >> their > >> e-mail service from dynamicbits.com? > >> > >> When I start getting spam, I like to know where it originated. If it > >> comes to xyzcomp...@*, then I suspect that either my address is > >> publicly > >> visible at their site, or they allowed my address to fall into the > >> hand > >> of spammers (either directly or indirectly). > >> > >> If you take a look at, for example, bugzilla.mozilla.org and look at > >> the > >> addresses in the CC list for a lot of the bugs, you'll find that the > >> practice of using an address other than [email protected] is more > >> common than you think. With proper filters in your e-mail client (if > >> you > >> use any), this practice shouldn't cause any problems. > >> > >> The fact is that I have neither done, nor attempted to do anything > >> misleading, but I appreciate your opinion on the matter. Now, can we > >> get > >> back to a topic actually related to hlds? > >> > >> -- > >> Andy > >> > >> > >> On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 14:08:00 -0600, "Mike Stiehm" > >> <[email protected]> > >> said: > >>> Your list name is a little miss leading > >>> > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>> On Feb 3, 2009, at 1:56 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >>> > >>>> That is simply not true because a computer doesn't know if it is > >>>> in a > >>>> DMZ or not. An application can tell what connections are allowed/not > >>>> allowed and *guess*, like uTorrent does, but that is about it. It > >>>> almost > >>>> seems as if whoever wrote that doesn't know what a DMZ is. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Andy > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >> archives, please visit: > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
