On 28-May-2001 David T. Ashley wrote:
> This is a very subjective matter, but the tone of the
> automatically-generated messages seems too freindly. For example, there was
> a bounce message today which ended with "Sorry it didn't work out!". It
> seems too casual, too friendly, too personal.
Would you prefer something a bit insulting?
> It also seems too wordy. One
> ends a marriage or a business partnership with those words, but they don't
> seem right for a bounced e-mail message.
You forgot the IMVHO. And IMVHO, one doesn't end a marriage like
that; most often it gets a helluva lot more acrimonious.
>
> Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed this, too? Am I too picky or too
> sensitive or too ... whatever?
Yes.
Stefaan
--
How's it supposed to get the respect of management if you've got just
one guy working on the project? It's much more impressive to have a
battery of programmers slaving away. -- Jeffrey Hobbs (comp.lang.tcl)
