Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-27 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 8/26/2015 2:14 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2015-08-26, Emile van Sebille wrote: On 8/26/2015 9:06 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: It's also unfortunate that there's no way to to access the mailing list via an NNTP server Huh? -- gmane.comp.python.general at news://nntp.gmane.com:119/gmane.comp.p

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-27 Thread Ian Kelly
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > And the NNTP clients and protocol were designed from the ground up to > handle largish volumes of messages grouped into "lists" and threads. > Trying to coax that functionality out of e-mail by using list-servers > and various procmail and e-

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-27 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-08-26, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 26/08/2015 22:20, Terry Reedy wrote: >> On 8/26/2015 12:36 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: >> [snip] >> >> Are you allowed to use a newsreader or a mail+newsreader (Outlook >> Express, Thunderbird, )? If so post through newsgroup >> gmane.comp.python.gener

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-27 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 27/08/2015 10:39, jmp wrote: On 08/26/2015 11:20 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: On 8/26/2015 12:36 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: [snip] Are you allowed to use a newsreader or a mail+newsreader (Outlook Express, Thunderbird, )? If so post through newsgroup gmane.comp.python.general at news.gmane.o

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-27 Thread jmp
On 08/26/2015 11:20 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: On 8/26/2015 12:36 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: [snip] Are you allowed to use a newsreader or a mail+newsreader (Outlook Express, Thunderbird, )? If so post through newsgroup gmane.comp.python.general at news.gmane.org (as I am). I screwed alread

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-26 Thread Tim Chase
On 2015-08-26 17:20, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 8/26/2015 12:36 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > Are you allowed to use a newsreader or a mail+newsreader (Outlook > Express, Thunderbird, )? If so post through newsgroup > gmane.comp.python.general at news.gmane.org (as I am). Even if NNTP is block

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-26 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 26/08/2015 22:20, Terry Reedy wrote: On 8/26/2015 12:36 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: [snip] Are you allowed to use a newsreader or a mail+newsreader (Outlook Express, Thunderbird, )? If so post through newsgroup gmane.comp.python.general at news.gmane.org (as I am). The major advantage

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-26 Thread Terry Reedy
On 8/26/2015 12:36 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: [snip] Are you allowed to use a newsreader or a mail+newsreader (Outlook Express, Thunderbird, )? If so post through newsgroup gmane.comp.python.general at news.gmane.org (as I am). -- Terry Jan Reedy -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/list

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Ian Kelly
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Andy Kubiak wrote: > What if you could send all your mail to another address on a server you > control, or can at least run programs on? That seems like a lot more hassle than it would be worth. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-08-26, Emile van Sebille wrote: > On 8/26/2015 9:06 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: >> It's also unfortunate that there's no way to >> to access the mailing list via an NNTP server > > Huh? -- gmane.comp.python.general at > news://nntp.gmane.com:119/gmane.comp.python.general > > Or do you mean by

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 8/26/2015 9:06 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: It's also unfortunate that there's no way to to access the mailing list via an NNTP server Huh? -- gmane.comp.python.general at news://nntp.gmane.com:119/gmane.comp.python.general Or do you mean by the OP? Emile -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/l

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-26 Thread Petite Abeille
> On Aug 26, 2015, at 10:35 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > > which is standard in many organisations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeping_normality -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-26 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 26/08/2015 08:29, Ben Finney wrote: Jean-Michel Pichavant writes: -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Andy Kubiak
> > I wish I could, problem is, if the mail recipient is within the company, > no legal boilerplate is added making the joke fall flat. > What if you could send all your mail to another address on a server you control, or can at least run programs on? Could you configure all your outgoing mail to

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Jean-Michel Pichavant
- Original Message - > From: "Chris Angelico" > Cc: python-list@python.org > Sent: Wednesday, 26 August, 2015 6:11:51 PM > Subject: Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, > d] = 1, 2, 3, 4) > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 1:

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 1:09 AM, Terry Reedy wrote: > How about instead you augment your signature with "Please ignore the > boilerplate below. Heh, I like this! Or: """ -- BOILERPLATE TROPHY COLLECTION I am a collector of stupid legal boilerplate. Here's my latest acquisition: """ Then let yo

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-08-26, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 8/26/2015 5:02 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: >>> Misleading, intimidating, hostile nonsense. > > Agreed. > >>> If you want to participate here, please do so from a mail system > >> which does not make these legalistic demands. > > I disagree with prohibit

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 26 August 2015 11:09:18 Terry Reedy wrote: > On 8/26/2015 5:02 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > > - Original Message - > > > >> From: "Ben Finney" > >> > >>> The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential > >>> and may also be privileged. If you are not the

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-26 Thread Rustom Mody
On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 8:59:44 PM UTC+5:30, Ben Finney wrote: > Terry Reedy writes: > > > I disagree with prohibiting people encumbered by such systems from > > participating. > > I have no power to prohibit people here. I do strongly request that such > threatening legalistic screeds

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands

2015-08-26 Thread Ben Finney
Terry Reedy writes: > I disagree with prohibiting people encumbered by such systems from > participating. I have no power to prohibit people here. I do strongly request that such threatening legalistic screeds stay away from this forum. > On 8/26/2015 5:02 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > > I

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Terry Reedy
On 8/26/2015 5:02 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: - Original Message - From: "Ben Finney" The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the con

Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Jean-Michel Pichavant
- Original Message - > From: "Ben Finney" > > The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and > > may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, > > please > > notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to > > any > > other person, us

Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4)

2015-08-26 Thread Ben Finney
Jean-Michel Pichavant writes: > -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: > > The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and > may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please > notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any > other person, use it for