[svlug] netiquette and flamefests (was: ppp and kernel 2.2.3)

[Ian Kluft]

> From: Rick Moen <rick at hugin.imat.com>
> Quoting Derek Balling (dredd at megacity.org):
> > And Rick, having you ignore his messages is a BAD thing? :)  Heck, I know
> > people who would pay good money if you would just PLEASE ignore their
> > e-mail.
> 
> I'm not surprised that you cannot understand a concern for the list's
> welfare.  However, I _do_ want to reassure you that there's a slot
> in my procmail twit filter reserved for your occupancy, any time you 
> wish.  Just say the word, and you're there, sir.

Those are direct personal attacks being unnecessarily shared with 600+ people.
They're netiquette violations if you both don't take this off the list...
   http://www.svlug.org/mdstuff/lists.shtml

Let's see if we can calm things down again after the weekend's flamefest.
Most of you don't see how the unsubscription rate goes up when the signal-
to-noise ratio plummets like it did.  We have netiquette recommendations
to try to keep the S/N ratio up, which would be good for everyone.

   Ian Kluft <ikluft at svlug.org>

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