I missed most of the postings..but you tell em!!
Scott and Aliceann Carlton wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jan Rossen
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Non-text format
>
> "Atrocious"??� Not nearly so as your response!"
>
> R -- Your opinion... your entitlement.
>
> "I, for one, receive most of my mail through a server that does not support
> non-text messages -- not because it's an OLD computer or the operators are
> ignorant, but because of A) the non-Windows operating system (there really
> are a few others, you know), and B) the possibility of infections from
> other, "fancier" file types."
>
> R -- Yes, some employers do have that issue when company computers are used
> for personal mail.
>
> "The Legacy list is one of the very few of which I am aware that allows
> non-test format messages for the above reasons.� Like John, and in contrast
> to your emotional assertion, the igrnorance lies with the people who are ".
> . .unfamiliarity with the options and/or features of a new e-mail client"
> and are, therefore, unable (or unwilling) to take the necessary steps to
> ensure that their messages go to this list in text format only."
>
> R -- Not really an 'emotional assertion' ... more a statement of opinion ...
> and, well, yes, an emotional response to the continuation of background
> whining and humorless complaining which often pervades this list.
>
> "Now, this thread has been kicked around enough.� If you feel your toes have
> been stepped on, reply privately (the filter is already set)."� Jan
>
> R -- You pompous jackass!� While you might have felt your toes had been
> stepped-on, such was inadvertant ... not of personal intention.� This, on
> the other hand, is very personal... and intentional.� When, by the way, were
> you appointed 'guardian of the threads?'� Apparently this topic is of
> crucial concern to some ... perhaps more so than to others of us ... and, as
> such, continues to prompt numerous cautions, complaints and, yes, boorish
> posts.� The point here, frankly, is that so long as any formats other than
> text are acceptable to the Legacy mail-list server, we WILL continue to
> recieve occasional posts in those other formats... a fact which has very
> little to do with anyone's assertion that those sending such posts are
> 'negligent' or 'don't care enough.'� There will always, on the other hand,
> be those who consider themselves and their posts to be so incredibly
> important that behavioral control of the rest of us becomes a matter of
> formal policy.
>
> Scott Carlton
> (filtered or un-filtered -- your choice.)
>
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