On 2/6/04 8:59 PM, "Paul Johnson" wrote: > On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 12:29:54PM -0600, Dave's List Addy wrote: >> Really? Why make it a hassle for the user? We run Debian, but in a >> hosting/DNS/Server environment. I am sure many others aren't using their >> Debian as a desktop. We use Mac OS X for desktop, so when I reply, I have to >> do reply all or I end of sending to the poster, which seems to irritate many >> on the list. > > Complain to your mail software's vendor. There is no excuse for any > MUA to lack reply-to-list in this day and age.
Well I am the dumb one here now :( I did some RTFM on our mail client and have now set up the reply-to properly. Lazy me :) > >> So is Debian not about accommodating the new user? > > It is: I switched to Debian using only the installation manual and the > 7-floppy-disk installation for bo back in 1997, right before hamm went > stable. I didn't mean to say that the Debian install was not for new users, we also did the same thing, 4 floppies and net install, actually of all the flavors, Debian to me was a breeze, though lacking (not a bad thing) a GUI installer. > >> Or is this strictly for the good old boys? > > Your question is based on the wrong assumption. Debian is not about > accommodating broken software or said software's users. That's what > Microsoft is for (though you get better support for Microsoft products > from the Psychic Friends Network than from Microsoft[1], so > apparently, accommodating broken software and it's users isn't > Microsoft's modus operandi, either). > >> Seems of late that there are more and more bash and flames then help coming >> from the herd. It's to bad considering how excellent Debian is. > > Hey, you act hostile, expect a hostile response. My apologies, I was lacking the proper amount of caffeine at that time. -- Thanks!! David Thurman List Only at Web Presence Group Net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
