To be honest, I imagine the OP just doesn't get it, and quite possibly never will. I really just wanted to reply with something other than insults.
I too have seen several of these messages posted to this list. I have been pretty appalled at how nasty many of the replies are. I have noticed much more lately how some people are just outright mean and insulting when someone makes a mistake. I had hoped to not be one of those people, and maybe give a good impression of this community, that's all. -- Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT Cameron Technical Services, Inc. (512) 454-3200 Main http://www.camerontech.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Byrnand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Thomas Cameron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Keoki Kalune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [SAtalk] (no subject) > > Hi Keoki - > > > > You should probably talk to your system administrator or your ISP, > > whomever > > handles your e-mail service. The mailing list you sent your message to is > > for people who use and develop SpamAssassin. There is little chance that > > anyone on this list has anything to do with your e-mail service. > > > > Oh dear, > > Here we go again...... (I'm not singling you out BTW Thomas, but everyone > replying to this message, and people who reply to messages like this :) > > Almost every single time someone posts a message like this, we get half a > dozen people reply, and the original poster NEVER replies back to the list > again, and some people seem puzzled about this... Anyone ever wonder why > it happens ? > > As I see it, there are two reasons - the first is that they're really a > spammer, or someone who sends spam-like material and they're venting their > frustrations at the list. Naturally they're not going to reply again. > > The other reason is that they're someone who has got to the tag page, > ignored everything said on it (about contacting your ISP blah blah) and > deliberately gone out of their way to find the address of the mailing > list, (which you can find on the "lists" link) and posted a message to the > list *WITHOUT SUBSCRIBING TO IT* this means that even if they wanted to > hear any replies they wouldn't get them, except from those who CC all when > replying, and then they're likely to reply just to that person and not the > list in general...so we never hear about any successful contact with these > people... > > As far as I know this is an open list that allows non-subscribers to post > to it. BIG MISTAKE for a list of this nature IMHO. If the list were made > "subscriber posting only" then a number of things would happen: > > * The actual spam that comes directly to the list address (as opposed to > snippets that list members send) would be eliminated, or at least very > severely curtailed. (Unless the spammers started using the from address of > list members....but they'd have to special case their software just for us > to do that :) > > * You'd see an almost total lack of the kind of message that started this > thread - if they blindly sent a rant to the list without subscribing > first, it wouldn't go onto the list.... if they DID subscribe, they'd at > least get the replies... > > What do others think ? Sure, there can be some hassles with posting to > subscriber only lists (posting from a different address etc) but there > seems to be an awful lot of time and messages wasted on what is a VERY > busy mailing list in just replying to people who 9 times out of 10 are > just here to yank our chain, or are too ignorant to read the tag page and > digest it, and want to vent their frustrations anyway. > > Regards, > Simon > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
