I agree with the people who say it's best to use common sense when deciding what
to do. I need to reply all no matter what with this mail prog, or it goes to the
original sender and not to the list - maybe they have some interest in it - but
for a post like this, I'd delete the original sender and just send to the list,
as it's not that urgent; if someone's got a serious problem or concern and you
know they want a response right away, I feel that they'd appreciate it if you
responded directly to them (if you help them out, they certainly won't get
mad)... if they've been pounding their head for days trying to solve something,
they really don't care if they get 2 copies of the message, just as long as they
get some reply.
In terms of the banner blocking software, all I can say is that I'm glad it's
not a widespread problem (yes, even though less than 1% of the internet uses it,
it is still a problem). People wanting less loading time to avoid that "hefty"
10k banner at the top of each page are simply ripping off the web site publisher
(if they've got ads on the site, they're there for a purpose, and they don't
want their business to suffer because someone isn't patient enough to let a
banner load). And yet, some of these same people who refuse to let banner ads
load (because they "take too long") are no doubt downloading huge files from
these sites with no concern to bandwidth or expenses...
I've noticed that some people really don't know how important banner ads can be
in the past (and having consumers who are uninformed is a great way for the
company you mentioned to do business), but the release of software to block
banner ads is a completely despicable act that I wouldn't want to be associated
with. (It's also good to see you didn't mention the name or the url.)
Now that we're completely off track, let's see if we can get this thread up to
50 posts... ;)
Shane
>Subject: Re: Why reply to list and Cc author?
>From: Steve Youngs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: 29 Aug 1999 16:18:35 +1000
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>> On 27 Aug 1999, Steve Youngs wrote:
>>
>> True, it is a great waste of bandwidth which could be better used by
>> people browsint the &&&&storm of advertising that is the world wide web.
>
>There is even an answer for this. Somewhere out there on the 'net
>somebody has come up with a program (yes it's Linux) that stops those
>horrible banner advertisements from loading. Sorry, I can't give you
>a URL or even a name. A friend of mine has it and I haven't yet taken
>a look at it. But he tells me that it decreases the time it takes to
>dl a web page quite significantly.
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