Seems I've stirred up quite a hornet's nest. Please forgive me for the
error of my ways.... that is, simply changing the "Subject" and not
sending it in a new post.
While there are some areas (rules/etiquette) which are questionably written,
concerning this, I think I've got this all straight now. If I begin a new
Subject, I must send a brand spankin' new post and put my Subject in that.
My error was in how most of the eMail lists, on which I'm a member, operate.
You can take an old eMail and change the Subject, write your info and
post....
However, I now have users@openoffice.org in my eMail address book so I can
now bring up a new eMail with a new Subject.
Thanks for setting me straight. However, I'm now a bit leery.... <grin>
Joseph Snurr
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <users@openoffice.org>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [users] Mailing List netiquette (Was Outlines in Writer)
On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:52:54 +0000
Brian Barker wrote:
At 09:16 22/12/2007 +1300, Michael Adams wrote:
>There does seem to be an online form somewhere which has the words
>"YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE" in the subject line, in which people
>frequently do not recognise that they are meant to replace the
>subject line with their own. I do not even know where this form is
>to see why they get it mixed up. It is possibly on the forums.
The source of this is indeed difficult to spot. It's at
http://www.openoffice.org/contact.html . There are two links to the
Users list on that page: one has "subject=[moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A
SUMMARY HERE" and the other just "subject=[moderated]".
It's worth noting that this is on a page headed "Contacting
OpenOffice.org", which may well explain why so many posters think
they are contacting OpenOffice itself in some sense, not a group of
users like themselves. Perhaps they avoid the "Free Community
Support" at http://support.openoffice.org/ , preferring the idea of
contacting the organisation - and then think they are.
Ah ha! No wonder i couldn't find it. It is not an online form as I
suspected but an HTML <A> with the subject in the HREF=<MAILTO:XXX>
Perhaps an online form with a captcha is needed instead. Then they can
at least choose from a drop-down list for their subject.
Still doesn't explain why troll/idiot (what a sad sense of humour)
thinks that people are invited to change the subject line of existing
posts.
--
Michael
All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall
be well
- Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416
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