Re: An unsubscription FAQ / Rand / informational post
On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 08:38:48PM +0100, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> As for HellSurfer, I've forwarded the issue to debian-leader, and it
> appears there are *no* subscribers from his email domain, which may
> indicate the source of the problem.
He was subscribed as of a day or two ago. He has since been
unsubscribed. You're debugging after the fix here. :-)
> - If you're still receiving list mail, escalate with a mail to
> leader@debian.org. This will reach the current Debian Leader.
Has Martin agreed that this is a sensible thing to do? Not to
second-guess him, but I'm not sure I'd recommend bouncing every little
complaint up to the DPL as a good approach ... I suppose it works but
it's a bit nuclear.
> - Behave professionally. The importance of this cannot be overstated.
> At the very least, expect to find yourself permanently banned from
> the list you're abusive to, if not others. Past episodes of abusive
> or outrageous behavior have resulted in censure by ISP, loss of ISP
> accounts, loss of jobs, academic discipline (in the case of
> university accounts), etc. One notorious example includes a
> Psychology PhD. formerly engaged in research at Princeton
> University. His outburst resulted in email notifications to the
> Princeton's IT staff, his boss, the University President, and former
> colleagues.
Ah, memories ...
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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