to each his own the spirit of the list is to be helpful...i don't really care how it gets done as long as it is legal moral and ethical. Rules for the sake of having rules never thrilled me.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Isabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] [OT]NT4 vs Win2000 > Andy wrote: > > > yes, this is a public list, > > Indeed. > > > But I think it is appropriate to contact people off list. > > I beg to differ. > > > This is a place for people to come to get advice, answers, and come into > > contact with others with similiar/same issues. I think it is up to the > > individuals on the list wether or not they want to be contacted privately. > > Okay. How is one supposed to know if the recipient allows or is receptive to > IMail-related messages coming in directly to his or her private mail > address? I tend to err on the conservative side and assume that other > members are not interested in getting private e-mails from me, *especially* > when their content relates to some topic discussed publicly on this list. > > > If you don't want to be, that's fine. > > Thank you. But this does not mean that I am barring any and all > IMail-related, privately-addressed messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rather, > I expect fellow members to ask first -- sort of knocking on the door before > entering. In fact, I've helped others resolve IMail-related issues off-list > because of sensitive information, very-OT questions and suchlike. What I > tried to say is, "Do not assume that members should be expected to respond > to personal e-mail sent to them when the matter is clearly on-topic (even > though the subject line for this message still has [OT] in it"). > > The person who wrote to my private address actually said that I was right > about the OS topic but then quickly went off criticizing Ipswitch for lack > of support even though he has a paid Service Agreement. I think it is more > to this person's advantage to air his concerns publicly than to send them to > me. > > All in good spirit (I hope)! > > 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/ > 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/
