Re: Mailing list headers [Was Re: ssh vs telnet - which is faster?]
RAVIKANT K RAO wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, aphro wrote:
>
> > the guy is too picky,
>
> that guy is me.
> > if i replied to a message like that I would go out of my way to
> > CC: because those CAPS are more annoying then any cc:.
>
> *only* the "don't bother cc-ing" was in caps because if it isnt in caps
> ,it doesnt get people's attention
Not our problem. You are still breaking etiquette by doing so.
Now you must live with the consequences and receive emails like
this one.
> i *do* understand its
> "rude" and equivalent to "shouting" online ,
At least you realise it, so why you are arguing for it?
> but you have to understand
> that making a request isnt something to scream at.
Huh?
> go out of the way to write that the guy that
> posted it was picky. all that was achieved in your actually taking time to
> write out an entire email was end up annoying me.
Well, let's all apologize for annoying you after you annoyed the
rest of us.
> it might be of no
> consequence to you , but as far as *I* am concerned , if *you* are allowed
> to make judgements on other people's characters when you dont know
> anything about them , *I* am allowed to write 2 lines in post script of an
> email that i posted in ALL-CAPS.
Doesn't follow.
> let me re-affirm that it was *not* an attempt at being rude /etc but
> just the frustration of handling about 450 emails a day and getting
> multiple copies of the same thing isnt exactly the nicest thing to happen.
But they are not unsolicited multiple copies; you requested help.
> my apologies if i went out of the way to annoy anyone. they were
> unintended.
Yeah, right. Very believable.
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