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On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 23:38:26 +0100 Bruce Cran wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 23:15:11 +0200
> Erik Trulsson wrote:
> > You seem to miss one crucial fact: Not all the people who write to
> > this list are subscribed to it. They will not see any replies
> > directed only to the list. It is for thei
--As of April 8, 2011 3:50:52 PM -0600, Chad Perrin is alleged to have said:
You seem to fail to realize that it's possible to CC someone who isn't on
the list, but not CC someone who *is* on the list. That would be why
people who aren't members of the list say thinks like "please CC me",
while
Hi,
On Saturday 09 April 2011 05:46:43 Carmel wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:50:52 -0600
> Chad Perrin articulated:
>
> The solution to this problem is so obvious that I am amazed that no one
this is a solution which creates just new problems.
> has proposed it. Simply require the poster to be
Can we just drop this matter? It's bad enough that iPhone mail makes this whole
ordeal a pain in the butt to read, but in the grand scheme of things, it _just
doesn't matter_. I'm subscribed to the list, I expect lots of email from the
list that I probably won't read anyway, but at least it's he
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:50:52 -0600
Chad Perrin articulated:
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 11:15:11PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 01:11:52PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote:
> > > >
> > > > section 8.6 starts:
>
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 23:15:11 +0200
Erik Trulsson wrote:
> You seem to miss one crucial fact: Not all the people who write to
> this list are subscribed to it. They will not see any replies
> directed only to the list. It is for their benefit that that rule
> exists.
I don't know about anyone e
On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 11:15:11PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 01:11:52PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote:
> > >
> > > section 8.6 starts:
> > >
> > > start quote
> > > Unless there is a good reason to
On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 01:11:52PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote:
> >
> > section 8.6 starts:
> >
> > start quote
> > Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and
> > to FreeBSD-questions.
> > end
On 8 April 2011 16:10, Carmel wrote:
> By the way, did you notice I directed a polite, one sentence directive
> towards Odhiambo. Suddenly, every buttinsky crawls out of the woodwork,
> sans any factual input on my original post and hijacks this thread
Maybe you would be better served by not usin
On 8 April 2011 20:28, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 08:30:25PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
>> On 8 Apr 2011 20:25, "Chad Perrin" wrote:
>> >
>> > I, for one, am glad this does not happen more often. I really do
>> > *not* need a bunch of duplicates cluttering up my inbox. I have ye
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:11:52 -0600
Chad Perrin articulated:
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote:
> >
> > section 8.6 starts:
> >
> > start quote
> > Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender
> > and to FreeBSD-questions.
> > end
On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 12:34:24PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote:
>
> +1 (I replied, cluttering up inboxes all over freebsdland)
You didn't CC me directly, though, for which I'm grateful.
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On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 08:30:25PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
> On 8 Apr 2011 20:25, "Chad Perrin" wrote:
> >
> > I, for one, am glad this does not happen more often. I really do
> > *not* need a bunch of duplicates cluttering up my inbox. I have yet
> > to see anyone complain of not receiving a C
Quoth Chad Perrin on Friday, 08 April 2011:
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote:
> >
> > section 8.6 starts:
> >
> > start quote
> > Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and
> > to FreeBSD-questions.
> > end quote
>
>
On 8 Apr 2011 20:25, "Chad Perrin" wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote:
> >
> > section 8.6 starts:
> >
> > start quote
> > Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and
> > to FreeBSD-questions.
> > end quote
>
> I,
On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote:
>
> section 8.6 starts:
>
> start quote
> Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and
> to FreeBSD-questions.
> end quote
I, for one, am glad this does not happen more often. I really d
-questions/article.html#AEN206
(which is one click away from the Mailing List Etiquette section of the
Mailing List FAQ)
section 8.6 starts:
start quote
Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and
to FreeBSD-questions.
end quote
2) I placed a v
I've posted questions to the linux users' groups for SuSE and Mandriva during
my years as a linux desktop user. They are largely composed of posts by my
fellow amateur enthusiasts, whose knowledge does not go very deep. This
list's base seems to be IT professionals who are happy to help non-comp
On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 04:30:02PM -0800, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> Jonathan Horne wrote:
>
> >im fond of the "next time im in [your town] ill stop off and buy you a
> >beer!"
> >
> >:)
> >
> >jonathan
> >
> >
> That is an awesome way to do things. Gotta love beer-funded
> programming/support :).
>
> im fond of the "next time im in [your town] ill stop off and buy you a
> beer!"
It gets the point across too.
jerry
> :)
>
> jonathan
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im fond of the "next time im in [your town] ill stop off and buy you a
beer!"
:)
jonathan
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Oliver Iberien wrote:
> I have never been on a list from which I have received as much help as this
> one, which raises a question for me. I would like to thank the people who
> post questions to my answers, such as the fellow below, but don't want to
> spam people's inboxes and/or the with tha
im fond of the "next time im in [your town] ill stop off and buy you a
beer!"
:)
jonathan
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From: "Patrick Bowen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:05:35 -0800, "Oliver Iberien"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
I have never been on a list from which I have received as much help as
this
one, which raises a question for me. I would like to thank the people who
post questions to my a
Jerry McAllister wrote:
I have never been on a list from which I have received as much help as this
one, which raises a question for me. I would like to thank the people who
post questions to my answers, such as the fellow below, but don't want to
spam people's inboxes and/or the with thank-yo
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:05:35 -0800, "Oliver Iberien"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I have never been on a list from which I have received as much help as
> this
> one, which raises a question for me. I would like to thank the people who
> post questions to my answers, such as the fellow below, but
On Mar 24, 2006, at 3:05 PM, Oliver Iberien wrote:
I have never been on a list from which I have received as much help as
this
one, which raises a question for me. I would like to thank the people
who
post questions to my answers, such as the fellow below, but don't want
to
spam people's inbo
>
> I have never been on a list from which I have received as much help as this
> one, which raises a question for me. I would like to thank the people who
> post questions to my answers, such as the fellow below, but don't want to
> spam people's inboxes and/or the with thank-you notes that ma
I have never been on a list from which I have received as much help as this
one, which raises a question for me. I would like to thank the people who
post questions to my answers, such as the fellow below, but don't want to
spam people's inboxes and/or the with thank-you notes that may be archiv
Cliff Sarginson wrote:
On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 08:39:17PM -0500, John Bleichert wrote:
On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Dan Nelson wrote:
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 18:38:37 -0600
Subject: Re: List etiquette
In the last episode (Dec 22), Mike Jeays said:
Many times I have asked questions on this
On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 08:39:17PM -0500, John Bleichert wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Dan Nelson wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 18:38:37 -0600
> > Subject: Re: List etiquette
> >
> > In the last episode (Dec 22), Mike Jeays said:
> > > Many times I have a
On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Dan Nelson wrote:
> Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 18:38:37 -0600
> Subject: Re: List etiquette
>
> In the last episode (Dec 22), Mike Jeays said:
> > Many times I have asked questions on this list, and had helpful
> > replies from one or more people. My us
In the last episode (Dec 22), Mike Jeays said:
> Many times I have asked questions on this list, and had helpful
> replies from one or more people. My usual practice is to reply to
> them directly and thank them, and tell them whether their idea
> helped. This avoids cluttering up the list with "
Many times I have asked questions on this list, and had helpful
replies from one or more people. My usual practice is to reply
to them directly and thank them, and tell them whether their idea
helped. This avoids cluttering up the list with "thank-you" messages,
but may look as though I haven't b
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