Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-27 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-08-26, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: On 26/08/2015 22:20, Terry Reedy wrote: On 8/26/2015 12:36 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: [snip] Are you allowed to use a newsreader or a mail+newsreader (Outlook Express, Thunderbird, many others)? If so post through newsgroup

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-27 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 8/26/2015 2:14 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2015-08-26, Emile van Sebille em...@fenx.com wrote: On 8/26/2015 9:06 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: It's also unfortunate that there's no way to to access the mailing list via an NNTP server Huh? -- gmane.comp.python.general at

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-27 Thread Ian Kelly
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Grant Edwards invalid@invalid.invalid wrote: And the NNTP clients and protocol were designed from the ground up to handle largish volumes of messages grouped into lists and threads. Trying to coax that functionality out of e-mail by using list-servers and

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-27 Thread jmp
On 08/26/2015 11:20 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: On 8/26/2015 12:36 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: [snip] Are you allowed to use a newsreader or a mail+newsreader (Outlook Express, Thunderbird, many others)? If so post through newsgroup gmane.comp.python.general at news.gmane.org (as I am). I

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-27 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 27/08/2015 10:39, jmp wrote: On 08/26/2015 11:20 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: On 8/26/2015 12:36 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: [snip] Are you allowed to use a newsreader or a mail+newsreader (Outlook Express, Thunderbird, many others)? If so post through newsgroup gmane.comp.python.general at

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Andy Kubiak
I wish I could, problem is, if the mail recipient is within the company, no legal boilerplate is added making the joke fall flat. What if you could send all your mail to another address on a server you control, or can at least run programs on? Could you configure all your outgoing mail to

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Jean-Michel Pichavant
- Original Message - From: Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com Cc: python-list@python.org Sent: Wednesday, 26 August, 2015 6:11:51 PM Subject: Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4) On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 1:09 AM, Terry Reedy tjre

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 26 August 2015 11:09:18 Terry Reedy wrote: On 8/26/2015 5:02 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: - Original Message - From: Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 1:09 AM, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu wrote: How about instead you augment your signature with Please ignore the boilerplate below. Heh, I like this! Or: -- BOILERPLATE TROPHY COLLECTION I am a collector of stupid legal boilerplate. Here's my latest acquisition:

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-26 Thread Rustom Mody
On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 8:59:44 PM UTC+5:30, Ben Finney wrote: Terry Reedy writes: I disagree with prohibiting people encumbered by such systems from participating. I have no power to prohibit people here. I do strongly request that such threatening legalistic screeds stay

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-08-26, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu wrote: On 8/26/2015 5:02 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: Misleading, intimidating, hostile nonsense. Agreed. If you want to participate here, please do so from a mail system which does not make these legalistic demands. I disagree with

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 8/26/2015 9:06 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: It's also unfortunate that there's no way to to access the mailing list via an NNTP server Huh? -- gmane.comp.python.general at news://nntp.gmane.com:119/gmane.comp.python.general Or do you mean by the OP? Emile --

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-26 Thread Terry Reedy
On 8/26/2015 12:36 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: [snip] Are you allowed to use a newsreader or a mail+newsreader (Outlook Express, Thunderbird, many others)? If so post through newsgroup gmane.comp.python.general at news.gmane.org (as I am). -- Terry Jan Reedy --

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-26 Thread Petite Abeille
On Aug 26, 2015, at 10:35 PM, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: which is standard in many organisations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeping_normality -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-08-26, Emile van Sebille em...@fenx.com wrote: On 8/26/2015 9:06 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: It's also unfortunate that there's no way to to access the mailing list via an NNTP server Huh? -- gmane.comp.python.general at news://nntp.gmane.com:119/gmane.comp.python.general Or do you

Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Ben Finney
Jean-Michel Pichavant jeanmic...@sequans.com writes: -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Jean-Michel Pichavant
- Original Message - From: Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Terry Reedy
On 8/26/2015 5:02 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: - Original Message - From: Ben Finney ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-26 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 26/08/2015 08:29, Ben Finney wrote: Jean-Michel Pichavant jeanmic...@sequans.com writes: -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-26 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 26/08/2015 22:20, Terry Reedy wrote: On 8/26/2015 12:36 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: [snip] Are you allowed to use a newsreader or a mail+newsreader (Outlook Express, Thunderbird, many others)? If so post through newsgroup gmane.comp.python.general at news.gmane.org (as I am). The

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-26 Thread Tim Chase
On 2015-08-26 17:20, Terry Reedy wrote: On 8/26/2015 12:36 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: Are you allowed to use a newsreader or a mail+newsreader (Outlook Express, Thunderbird, many others)? If so post through newsgroup gmane.comp.python.general at news.gmane.org (as I am). Even if NNTP

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Ian Kelly
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Andy Kubiak andy.kub...@gmail.com wrote: What if you could send all your mail to another address on a server you control, or can at least run programs on? That seems like a lot more hassle than it would be worth. --

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-26 Thread Ben Finney
Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu writes: I disagree with prohibiting people encumbered by such systems from participating. I have no power to prohibit people here. I do strongly request that such threatening legalistic screeds stay away from this forum. On 8/26/2015 5:02 AM, Jean-Michel