Re: getting the hint

2010-04-16 Thread Paul Vixie
Larry Sheldon writes: >> The only response that works -- and even this is not guaranteed -- is >> shunning. >> >> Drop the message. Do not respond. Ever. > > And for the love of Pete, when somebody (as I have) makes a mistake and > does his bidding, tell the miscreant VIA PRIVATE EMAIL or a no

Re: getting the hint

2010-04-15 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 4/15/2010 18:06, Dave CROCKER wrote: > > The only response that works -- and even this is not guaranteed -- is > shunning. > > Drop the message. Do not respond. Ever. And for the love of Pete, when somebody (as I have) makes a mistake and does his bidding, tell the miscreant VIA PRIVATE EMA

getting the hint (was: Re: Please do not respond to Dean and CC the NANOG list)

2010-04-15 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 4/15/2010 1:32 PM, Ronald Cotoni wrote: Do what I do, auto respond to his messages telling him to not email you then forward to ab...@. He will get the hint. This is a common misunderstanding of the personality type. Your recommendation is based on the assumption that you are dea