Every so often a flowed message doesn't get formatted correctly... I'm
sure it's not a user error, so what went wrong?
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On 11/12/2001 9:27 PM, Ben Bucksch wrote:
> Steve Carroll wrote:
>
>> On 11/12/2001 7:26 PM, Ben Bucksch wrote:
>>
>>> But I don't want users here on these developer mailing lists (or bugs, for that
>matter,
>>> apart from voting) either.
>>
>>
>> I'm sorry, I didn't realize that testers weren't wanted here.
>
>
> I didn't say that. Users are not serious "testers". See other posts for the
>difference.
>
>> If this is true, why don't just just make this a private, password required,
>group? Why
>> advertise it on your publicly advertised web page?
>
>
> Answered in other reply.
>
>> I have been reading this newsgroup since Milestone 16 and have only posted a few
>time
>> when I thought I had something useful to add.
>
>
> Good.
>
>> Having learned this is a private group, however, I'll unsubscribe and leave y'all
>alone
>> so you can get back to your work.
>
>
> No, you are welcome to listen and add comments, if you have something useful to add.
>
> But you see that "I want a spellchecker!" is not useful, don't you?
Yes I do. But, I didn't ask for a spell checker. My comment was about the Spell
Checker FAQ
and how I felt it was inflammatory and counterproductive. I understand your
frustration with
the issue, but I still think it can be handled in a better way than to make those who
show
interest in a spell checker feel stupid.
Steve
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