cs325ec@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (02/13/90)
Is it just me or does anyone else feel like mailing the words 'Piss off!' to the people that post 'help' or 'unsuscribe' to the news group. Of course maybe I'm stupid and there's a valid reason for it. -Greg
grahamt@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Graham Thomas) (02/16/90)
From article <16000013@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, by cs325ec@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu: > > > Is it just me or does anyone else feel like mailing the > words 'Piss off!' to the people that post 'help' or > 'unsuscribe' to the news group. > > Of course maybe I'm stupid and there's a valid reason > for it. > > > -Greg My guess is that this mostly happens because people send a message direct to a mailing list rather than to the administrator of the list. Not everyone, especially people who are new to networking, knows the sometimes subtle differences in the addresses. I think we should all show a little patience with such messages. I remember how confused I was when first introduced to Usenet, and I would not have appreciated lots of messages telling me to piss off after making an obviously unintentional error. If you mail the authors, try to be helpful. We can all use a little help now and then. Anyway, these messages are all very short. They don't cost much time or money to read. Graham -- Graham Thomas, SPRU, Mantell Building, U of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RF, UK JANET: grahamt@uk.ac.sussex.syma EARN/BITNET: grahamt@syma.sussex.ac.uk ARPA: grahamt%syma.sussex.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk UUCP: grahamt@syma.uucp Phone: +44 273 686758