On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 11:33 AM, Tom Coradeschi wrote:
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. Two of us were attacked in such a manner, neither of us lost our jobs, but we did have plenty of 'splaining to do to our respective employers. This was circa mid-1995, IIRC. I now flame only from my ISP account:-}
been on both sides. as an admin and user, I've told trolls to cut it out or risk me trying to get them in as much trouble as I can -- and have at times done so, with moderate success.
been threatened, and occasionally I've issued a formal apology (because when I calmed down I admitted I was being a jerk), and occasionally my boss has had rude names for the person doing the complaining (because when I calmed down he agreed that other person was being a jerk). And on one occasion, lawyers were threatened, until I pointed out my next email was going directly to his management, since he threatened me on a corporate email address. and suddenly we were best friends again.
this ain't new. this stuff happened a lot in the 80's on usenet.
-- Chuq Von Rospach, Architech, Apple IS&T E-mail systems [EMAIL PROTECTED]
