Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 08:21:56 -0700 From: pascal@netcom.com (Richard A Childers) To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Thanks, and sorry. (was Re: Unsubscribe Me, Dammit. ( was Re: ARGH! )) Message-ID: <199507031521.IAA18450@netcom12.netcom.com>
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> I wonder if this classifies as "negligence" on the part of cdrom.com ... or > does it qualify as "harassment" ? "I would classify the above as 'uninformed babble.'" < chuckle > Stick to matters you are knowledgeable about, Jordan. I'll do the same. "Please try to at least make a minimal effort at verifying your facts before hurling such wild statements about. cdrom.com does not control the FreeBSD mailing lists nor the machines that run on them and the problem in question occurred from a majordomo problem on a FreeBSD Project machine. This required that a previous user list be loaded off of backup tape and there was some resulting confusion from this.." Don't know whether <cdrom.com> is liable, or not. The connection between the two cannot be asserted, and de-asserted, as convenient. I'm glad to see my diagnosis was right on the mark. Pretty uninformed !! "I think it should be fixed by now. Did you ever consider sending this to postmaster@freebsd.org? No, I suppose that would have been far too obvious when questions@freebsd.org would do as well.." Come back to your spool after a week, expecting it to be a few dozen messages long, and find it a few hundred or a few thousand, and tell me how you feel. Will you be looking for the responsible party, with a glint in your eye ? If you're paying on a per-message basis, yes, this could result in a legal conflict. Calling it "uninformed babble" isn't very far-sighted. Why should an individual be liable for carelessness of your admins ? You picked them, didn't you ? No, I didn't think of sending it to <postmaster>. Sorry about that. But, insofar as you are a responsible person who takes prompt action to fix things, it was, in some respects, the best thing to do ( for me, at least ). Besides, it clearly was affecting others, and it was pretty clear that the administration was scoffing and saying "it couldn't be" ( while running around frantically fixing it in the background ). A little fresh air ... Thanks. -- richard
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