Just saw this Paul, might help with the switch
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/stuck-on-hotmail-gmail-just-made-it-incredibly-easy-to-switch/

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]>wrote:

>  Mark Traceur
>
> >Heh, you guys...I was just offering advice, not aware that it's a
> mandatory thing for Hotmail slaves to have ads in their signatures. I'm just
> spoiled by >Gmail :) and in return I use next to nothing of my storage
> space!
>
> yeah I'm gonna get a gmail account.
>
> >I hate seeing you guys poking fun at people, I always feel like Linux
> should be a shelter for anyone who wants it (it's just a shot away) and that
> (even >good-natured) ribbing should be kept to a minimum. I guess it's not
> the most fun opinion to have, but it's the best one for the community at
> large.
>
> LOL Yeah, these guys will rib you until you can take it no more: put you
> down, trash you, chew you up and spit you out, and make sure that you know
> you're stupid, but I don't mind, I've been abused all my life. I'm used to
> it. Did you not see the way they dogged Jeff Lassman over the last week
> because he didn't know how to put kalarm on his ubuntu gnome?
>
> But then again, he may have never solved his problem if they dadn't bitched
> him out. Oh, and it is very important how you use words on this list,
> because if you say anything that is racist or sexist you will be in deep
> s#*t. Therefore, I must include my disclaimer: bitch in no way refers to any
> femal human. It is strictly referring to the males who bitched Jeff out last
> week. They are the bitches! There were no females involved in that
> bitchfest.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Chris Louden <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> We have been politely jabbing at Paul and his hotmail account for some
> time. He is well aware that some of us on the list are offended by it.
> As well I don't believe he has any control on what is inserted to the
> end of his mail or whether it is inserted or not (which is typical MS
> to me).
>
> In any case if that's the mail system he chooses to use that's the one
> he is going to use. While we would prefer he didn't its better for us
> to take the higher ground and not dictate which service he uses.
> Somewhere in the open source guide there is a statement about
> tolerance.
>
> That being said I'm still going to make playful comments on his
> signature advertisements any chance i get.
>
>
> -Chris
>
>
> Hotmail® now made with non-genetically modified soy beans.
>
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Mark Traceur <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > I see. I'd suggest getting rid of your hotmail signature...a bit silly to
> > post to a Linux mailing list and advertise a Microsoft product! Sorry if
> my
> > question was a bit personal, I was confused by your two posts this
> morning,
> > as the first was rejected by the rest of the community fairly quickly and
> > this one seemed pretty simple. Anyway, I hope I answered your question
> and
> > good luck to ye!
> >
> > --Mark
> >
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