On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 12:50:12PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Hal writes: > > Some do, some don't. Some read the full web page, some don't. > > The ones who do don't spam us. The ones who spam us (that is who I mean by > "these people") don't. > > > I added in "THE HELPFUL ANSWER" or something like that to the title of my > > message. > > Making the email address all the more attractive to the doofuses. > > > It may help, it may not. > > It will make it worse. > > > As for the "These people"... Will that group of people on this list ever > > stop this geek snobbery? > > Snobbery, hell. Anyone who copies an email address out of a Google hit and > sends off a complaint without reading the referenced message is a doofus. > > It's not so much that AOLers are stupid as it is that they are numerous and > are, more or less, a cross section of the population. As the population > contains a substantial percentage of doofuses.. > -- > John Hasler >
No, the population does not contain a substantial percentage of doofuses. But with modern email, a tiny fraction can make a substantial negative impact. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
