[newbie] Gross email bad manners

2000-03-19 Thread bluebottle
I wonder what gives a person such an inflated view of their own self-importance that they feel they have the right to add a 2mb attachment to a group email. At about 4kb/s download speed that is at least 9 minutes of time for an attachment that most of us won't open. The person knows who they

Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners

2000-03-19 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Johndon't overreact, everyone deserves a second chance and I'm sure there was no malicious intent. Alan bluebottle wrote: I wonder what gives a person such an inflated view of their own self-importance that they feel they have the right to add a 2mb attachment to a group email. At

Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners

2000-03-19 Thread bluebottle
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote: Johndon't overreact, everyone deserves a second chance and I'm sure there was no malicious intent. Alan I'll accept your point Alan - perhaps the penalty I requested was rather harsh and the perpetrator is not usually guilty of such faux pas. I feel that

Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners

2000-03-19 Thread Donny
U must be a moron to send an attachment to a list!! Im stuck out here on a 28.8 and it took forever to download. But dont suspend the guy. Just uhh, dont do it no more :-) At 06:27 PM 3/19/00 +, you wrote: On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote: Johndon't overreact, everyone deserves a

Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners

2000-03-19 Thread Jeremy
bluebottle wrote: I wonder what gives a person such an inflated view of their own self-importance that they feel they have the right to add a 2mb attachment to a group email. At about 4kb/s download speed that is at least 9 minutes of time for an attachment that most of us won't open.

Re: [Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners]

2000-03-19 Thread Donny
Where i live u have one choice in phone company's, ive tried EVERY ISP and i still connect at 28.8. Whiner's?? I dont think so! I come to check my mail, and just to see if someone usefull mailed me, i have to wait 15 minutes to download it. I would care less if I was on DSL, but that isnt

Re: [Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners]

2000-03-19 Thread Herman R. Willett
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote: This is interesting. I connect at 50K without fail, but my neighbor, using the same cable just another pair, only connects at 28.8. Futhormore, my home is wired with 4 pair Cat5 cable from the demark. If I use the other line (bl/wh) that has my house phones on

Re: [Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners]

2000-03-19 Thread Alan Shoemaker
WHINERS!!! Really!! What makes you think that you're an authority on other people's ISP and phone company relations?! Every ISP I've tried can only supply a 26,400-28,800 connection in my area even though I use an excellent 56K external hardware modem. The phone company has explained time

Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners

2000-03-19 Thread Hellmut
Hi! This maybe off- topic, but before attacking this guy for sending out such a huge mail, we should take the time and think back when we were new in the internet and did some things that offended some other people and learned out of it. Nobody accesses the internet with knowledge about what to

Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners

2000-03-19 Thread bluebottle
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote: Hi! This maybe off- topic, but before attacking this guy for sending out such a huge mail, we should take the time and think back when we were new in the internet and did some things that offended some other people and learned out of it. Nobody accesses the

Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] Gross email bad manners]]

2000-03-19 Thread Jaguar
Sig files or quotes exactly like this are what I am refering to. -- see bottom to whom this is a reply to... Who the puck cares about some dead dude whom I have never heard of? No I am saying that _some_ of you WHINE about a 1 or 2 K HTML/business card attachement, as a waste of