Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:09:13 -0600 From: Lane <lane@joeandlane.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: List Protocol (was: Major Version Upgrade 4.11 to 5.x) Message-ID: <200612122209.13867.lane@joeandlane.com> In-Reply-To: <20061213020139.GD34082@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <6.2.3.4.2.20061212153306.0321bc30@mailsvr.xxiii.com> <000801c71e50$93fc9750$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <20061213020139.GD34082@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Tuesday 12 December 2006 20:01, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Tuesday, 12 December 2006 at 16:49:39 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > Until then STFU you ungrateful bastards. All you once were dumb > > newbies who didn't know FreeBSD from free beer, and I'll bet more > > than a few of you sent e-mail to questions, thinking it was an > > actual person who gave a damn. Boy were you surprised! > > Ted, there are other aspects of the list protocol. One has to do with > message format. You seem to have great difficulty with this one, > requiring other people to manually reformat, and often to guess what > you're talking about. > > Another has to do with politeness. You seem to abuse this one again > and again; it's one of the reasons why I seldom read this mailing list > any more. You've probably driven off a number of people who would be > able to give *helpful* answers. Please stop. > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. Not that Ted needs any defense, but ... He's also made a few of us pay attention and pitch in. God love him! Now where is the girl in the tank top? lane
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