Hi Harry, While there should be guidelines to follow and etiquette to observe, keep in mind that the group's priorities should be to solve other's problems and exchange information first and foremost. Both small and infrequent indiscretions should be both expected and subsequently overlooked, keeping in mind the group's ultimate objective(s) and hopefully the desire not to discourage participation.
However, I believe a "rant" such as yours is periodically needed from time to time just as Lee issues his monthly reminder informing us how to properly subscribe and unsubscribe to the group. Ward Oldham on 10/7/2002 8:04 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer at harryjb at bellsouth.net wrote: > Ok folks. > > When someone sends a message to the listserve they usually give it a subject > (like Rant). When someone else replies to the first person's message it's > subject becomes Re: Rant. This system makes it easy to follow the discussion > about the first question. > > If someone does this (and it was done recently-by two different people-with > a message I sent to the listserve) and the originator of a message is trying > to follow the thread about her/his question then all of a sudden there's an > entirely different conversation going on and the original questioner is left > wondering what's going on. > > It is confusing, not to mention rude, to use someone else's question to post > your own question on an entirely different subject. > > Just in case you don't know the address of this listserve it is: > > macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > > > Harry, > > > Harry Jacobson-Beyer > Surveyor of the Passing Scene! > > http://bellsouthpwp.net/h/a/harryjb/ > What a strange, long, trip it is! > > remember: it's not how fast you climb the hill that matters, it's how fast > you go coming down! > > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
