On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 03:58:43PM -0500, jereme wrote: > Hi Pigeon, > > [snips:] > > Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 10:19:16PM -0500, jereme wrote: > > > > > > That is like telling me to build a fence so your dog doesn't crap on > > > my lawn... > > > > If your dog crapped on my lawn, I'd rather build a fence than bitch at > > you about it. In fact, that would stop everybody's dog crapping on my > > lawn, and achieve that without the need to bitch at anybody. > > > > (Aargh, just noticed, dog, bitch, that was unintentional.) > > I liked the pun :) > > ...but my point was simply this, when the OP was chastised for the > duplicate mails he produced, his suggestion was that people who didn't > want the dupes should filter them on their end, rather than he himself > going to the trouble of not produce them in the first place. I think > it is a simple question of responsibility. Yes any competent user > could filter locally but why not just not produce them in the first > place? Perhaps I am missing something? I am always open to > reevaluation.
Well, I think there is validity on both sides. List etiquette varies - I am on another list where CCing and top-posting are both common, so I have to deal with both conventions. I prefer the debian-user style, but nevertheless have to build my own fence since it would be pointless to rant about CCing on a list where everyone accepts it. Your point holds more strongly in the case of people who are only on debian-user-style lists. At the end of the day, I'm not really too bothered one way or the other... it's not half such a downer as the 100k spams containing Microsoft viruses that make it onto the list and eat dialup bandwidth! Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]