On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 00:25 +0800, Varun Mittal wrote: > Hi Rob, > > Shouldn't we keep such replies off the list and send them directly to the > concerned people. Such mails don't add any value for other receivers :( > > what say... > > I am sorry if someone is offended by my remarks
bg: No offense taken, Varun, but your statement, "Such mails don't add any value for other receivers :(" is insufficiently thought through, excessively self-directed, and just plain wrong. Simply because the reminding reply has no value to *you* doesn't mean it doesn't have value for others. I don't know what the current census is for this list - probably anywhere from a couple of hundred to 1200 - but I am confident that a bare minimum of 20% of those subscribed have never bothered to take note of the legend at the bottom giving the unsubscribe instructions. If even a handful take the time to read these reminder replies, that can have the effect of reducing list traffic, over time - and not only on this one list, but on other lists to which the clueless ones may be subscribed - since so many elists use this same software. When you have such an obvious oversight, repeated as bloody often as it is, any additional amount of education has *some* value. We should all be willing to attempt to help diminish cluelessness wherever we encounter it. It adds value for everyone in the long run. Brewster -- *********************************************************************** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity *********************************************************************** W. Brewster Gillett b...@fdi.us Portland, OR USA *********************************************************************** Simply because you don't like to hear it, that doesn't make it untrue. *********************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org