Hi, Siddhesh, not meaning to be rude but please see how my mail client quotes you...
On Sunday 24 December 2006 16:40, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: And now behold how you quote me... > On 12/24/06, Dinesh Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That XXXX.. had my domain in there... Buddy I dont know if you want spam bots to flourish or you just want them to target little-old-me.. You better reconfigure your mail client! For those who are ready with their flame blowers... [preemptive flame] Feeling itchy to tell me to keep this offlist? STOP. This is a problem that many users are facing. It's not just me. What is being quoted is onlist so my reply shall come onlist so all 700-800 odd users of the mailing list know HOW TO CONFIGURE THEIR MAIL CLIENT TO KEEP THE SPAM BOTS FROM FEEDING ON THE ARCHIVES. Unless its personal, I wont keep it offlist. [/preemptive flame] > For one, a normal user is "lazy". More often than not, many of these > users are not adept at searching the internet for resources. It's not > even like everyone has a friend who is a Linux savvy person. With > windows these users generally have a friend/relative/colleague who is > informed enough to help them out. all I can say is to each his own. Deal with the newbie mails however you wish others can do the same... -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
