From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 15 9:44:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sage-one.net (adsl-64-219-21-235.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [64.219.21.235]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C59D37B400 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:44:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from SAGEONE (sageone [192.168.0.5]) by sage-one.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2FHiNr33479; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 11:44:23 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from admin@sage-one.net) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20020315114421.0117f1f0@mail.sage-one.net> X-Sender: admin@mail.sage-one.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 11:44:21 -0600 To: Giorgos Keramidas , Cliff Sarginson From: Server Admin Subject: Re: Be careful what you say Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20020315165944.GE11203@hades.hell.gr> References: <20020315061215.GA1693@raggedclown.net> <20020315061215.GA1693@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I am writing to the list, just to say that if the risk a person runs > when giving advice, or explaining something to someone who appears not > to understand it, is that they will be called a Nazi then I shall not > bother anymore. There's one more ingredient here to consider when participating in a list. In addition to a posting here on the list I gather you may have contacted the fellow directly and he considered what you did to be a scolding. I agree that he/she was out of line with such "flames", but it is probably not as good practice to enter someone's mailbox just to lecture him/her without considering the risk of some unwanted response. I'm going to guess it wouldn't have happened otherwise... Just another $0.02.... worth about that much... At 06:59 PM 3.15.2002 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >On 2002-03-15 07:12, Cliff Sarginson wrote: >> I have just received a very abusive email from someone on this list. >> ... >> If it is being a nazi to explain to someone why the information was >> wrong then I guess I deserve to be lumped in with Hitler. > >You know that this is not true. > >> I am writing to the list, just to say that if the risk a person runs >> when giving advice, or explaining something to someone who appears not >> to understand it, is that they will be called a Nazi then I shall not >> bother anymore. > >This is a well known risk when posting to open forums. Another common risk >is getting your address harvested by spammers, and your mailboxes flooded >with advertisements for "ever lasting happiness", "money! money! money!" >and all those funny things. > >Giving up on the list is not going to solve the problem though. You'll >eventually post to some other open forum and be treated similarly. The >fact that people without manners exist, is well, known. Let them taste the >almighty power of your procmail rules :) > >If the thing continues, you should consider what David Greenman suggested. > >Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project >keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/ > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > .... our website: http://www.sage-one.net/ Best regards, Jack L. Stone Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message