> -----Original Message----- > From: Clay Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 2:16 PM > To: Bob Proulx; users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: Re: unsubscribed > > > Bob, > > I agree and have for a long time. I am always a little taken > aback when an "unsubscriber" get hammered with sarcasm on this list... > > Plus, I have always "assembled first and read the directions > later"... especially on Christmas Eve, when the pressure is > on! It's human nature... but, then, so is sarcasm, I > guess... at lease in my case it is. > > I can't understand why anyone would want to unsubscribe > anyway! Maybe that's where we should poke fun; <with a > hearty laugh> "YOU WANT TO DO WHAT?" > > re, > Clay > > > >>> Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/12/2007 12:46 PM >>> > Nigel Frankcom wrote: > > I am amazed at the number of list users that unsubscribe from an > anti > > spam list and yet they fail to look at the headers of the > mails they > > receive > > Yes and no. It is a technical list for an anti-spam tool and > so you would think would be comprised of people who know how > email works. > > But on the other hand people all over the world are > overwhelmed with spam and turn to anti-spam tools and their > discussion lists to help. Those are the ones who do not know > how email works and are also attracted to the same lists out > of the misunderstanding. > > Bob >
I cannot help but comment on this post. I am one of those ignorant people that is subscribed to this list (along with several others) for the purpose of asking questions of you experts out there because I do not fully understand how it is working. By all accounts everyone of you out there would label me as a novice. The truth of the matter is I am a novice. As the saying goes; "I know enough about this stuff to be dangerous". What I would like to say by posting this is; why don't all you experts out there relax a bit? I, for one, acknowledge your superiority over me in this spam stuff. I will never consider myself at the level of understanding you are. Therefore, I need you guys to keep me straight and show me the errors of my ways when I run into problems. However, I would greatly appreciate it if you would not "whip me up the side of the head" with my stupidity. Instead work with me with the notion that you are talking with one of the "uneducated masses" and direct me to the correct conclusion to my problem without being so dad blamed vague about what needs to happen. Many times I flat don't understand what you are saying when you might say "just run xyz.123 and it will work". How many steps are involved in "running" xyz.123. There may be an awful lot of steps involved that you already know about but I don't. If you truly are interested in helping us bozos who don't already know this stuff why not talk to us about what we need to do as if we really don't understand it instead of talking to us as if we "should" already know about it and your flabbergasted because we don't? Ok, enough ranting. My apologies for taking up everyone's time. I seldom post here because I do not even remotely pretend to know enough to help anyone. I felt compelled to post this because I do not think I am alone when I mention that it really does get old when I post to this list (and others) only to get a condescending or vague response that I cannot use to help in my situation. Please be kind to us spamassassin administrators who want to keep things functional but have a tub load of other tasks to perform. Many of us out here are tasked with many many responsibilities of which managing spamassassin is only a small part. That forces us to not spend as much time as we should learning everything there is to know about spamassassin because we have a dozen other responsibilities to take care of. Ok time to stop now, forgive me for my rant. Live Long and Prosper, Steve
