I'm happy to see that Tom has a great following that will come to his defence. Shorewall is a great product, no doubt, and I have the utmost respect for OSS authors. I just have no respect for people who are rude to their users. There's no call for that.
J Prasanna Krishnamoorthy wrote: > Good god! Of all the lists I'm a member of, Tom's shorewall support > list is easily among the finest. His responses are sharp, pertinent, > usually solve the problem immediately and are faster than a speeding > bullet! > > On 16 Dec 2006 20:32:00 -0700, Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You are being just plain rude, Tom. > ... >> Thankfully another on the list isn't burdened by whatever ails you. > > Tom, please disregard this. All of us who read the list know how > patient you are with everyone who comes here. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tom Eastep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Then maybe you should consult the Shorewall introductory documentation. > > Jon, on most other lists, *that* would have been "RTFM Noob". You sir, > have no idea what's rude, and what's not. And if you didn't know how > to refer to the firewall, you *do* need to read the *excellent* > documentation. > > Thanks for the great work Tom! If you're ever in Bangalore, India, > dinner's on me! > > Prasanna. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Shorewall-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users -- Key fingerprint: BDE0 DE52 B8C0 0CDF 7653 E5A2 D861 7877 0D3B 813E http://www.jonwatson.ca +1.403.770.2837 "Trying to learn to hack on a DOS or Windows machine or under MacOS is like trying to learn to dance while wearing a body cast" - ESR ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
