Wayne, I'm sorry if what I wrote brought about confusion and I'm willing to stand corrected by senior members.
> I have posted to some listings in here before, and have had people send > me emails directly telling > me that I should not comment on certain things, in the List???? That I > should send mail directly to the > person, instead of taking up space on the Mailing list. With (Quote: > Garbage that most of us have to > look at, and then delete, and it is a waste of time)) <-- This is a > quote that was sent to me the other day. I sincerely believe that what was said was directed at the manner more than the underlying content. Again, this is a technical list and all technical questions are welcome, provided that they are submitted in a way that is professional and also understandable by the majority, if not all. I do not recall a public reply telling you to write directly to anyone's address, however. > And now I am told that I should post things to the list??? I am saying that questions related to IMail should be posted to the list. Then, if someone tells you, "Please contact me off-list", then by all means do so; it's a privilege. > So what do we suppose to do, Read, and just hope that we are going to > send the proper thing to the list > that everyone is going to approve of?? or should we all just basically > forget it, And go on with our lives outside > of the mailing list, and hope that we can maybe one day find one that is > not so strict, and that does not > have such stricken guide lines. Not to be condescending but I understand your frustration, Wayne. Perhaps you have been getting conflicting messages as regards posting etiquette. I am not a member of the "list police" and there is no such formal group, at least to my knowledge. This is a vendor-provided discussion list and it so happens that said vendor is very tolerant, much to their credit. Some members felt that in order to have a working and productive Forum, members should be self-policing. Over time, this resulted in a joint effort by Ipswitch and senior members yielding a de facto list posting etiquette as documented in http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-20020802-DM01.htm. (Granted, it does not address writing to fellow members directly.) > I mean you have some people out there, (Like Myself) Whom is willing > to except an email from anyone > To my personal account, I do not care if you contact me personally, If > there is something that someone > would rather ask me outside of the list, That is fine, and there is > nothing wrong with it. Then, let it be known that anyone can send e-mail to you personally. If you are an expert, please consider that your inbox may well swell beyond what you can manage, given that you likely have other things to do ;) > And then you have people that just plainly do not want you to contact > them period., That is fine > and I totally understand it, And for you "Guy" I apologize for > contacting you of list, and it will never > happen again, But I think that for everyone that does not want to be > directly contacted Off List, Should > add to the bottom of there signature........ > Do Not Contact Off List, Unless Specifically Told To Do So > I See this in the Programming Newsgroup that I am with, And I do not > contact them. > Off the NG..... It's an idea. But rather than asking everyone to add "Please ring the doorbell before breaking into my house" in their signature, I'd rather consider relying on good manners ;) > So basically what I am saying is this............. > OK.... I am now officially confused ?? I hope that the above -- and I speak *only* for myself -- will help in alleviating the confusion. Guy To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
