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Re: Worse than useless replies



On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 09:27:10PM -0500, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> On 3/7/07, pinniped <cirilo_bernardo@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >huh?
> >
> >I really don't know what the hell you're talking about.  I've been leaving
> >the subject blank lately because people bitch about it for no apparent
> >reason.  But if you really don't want the subject changing, why don't you
> >ask Intnsred if he can set things so that the subject isn't changed?  A
> >blank 'subject' line with a flashing cursor is just begging people to put
> >something in.
> >
> >
> I really, more often than not, don't know what the hell YOU'RE talking
> about, which  was my point.  And you just did it again, responding without
> quoting what you're responding to.  I suspect you're using a crippled email
> client - mine doesn't flash an empty subject line at me, and it invites me
> to quote what I'm responding to.  (And, for debian-user, I'm on gmail, which
> is by no means the most sophisticated of email clients.  It invites me to
> top-post, an invitation I ignore here; it makes editing the Subject line
> difficult; it makes quoting routine.)
> 
> As I said before, I'm just trying to help you be MORE helpful.  Sorry if you
> took it wrong.
> 
> Patrick

Patrick, I just thought you should know all of your responses have
shown up as new threads to me. Not sure if it's something with my Mutt
setup or if other people are seeing this too, but I'd really like to
know.



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