Re: [OT] mail interfaces

[Ansgar Wiechers <tor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2008-08-19 Scott Bennett wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:23:08 +0200 Ansgar Wiechers wrote:
>> On 2008-08-19 Scott Bennett wrote:
>>>      This I've discussed here before. Demanding the use of threaded
>>> mail readers is silly for a low-volume list and is not required in
>>> any case.
>>
>> As usual you're completely missing the point. Nobody's demanding the
>> use of threaded MUAs, but a lot of people do use them, and threading
>> is convenient even for low low-volume lists. Your persistent refusal
>> to use a reasonable mail setup, which in turn leads to broken
>> threads, makes things unnecessarily hard for everyone else for no
>> apparent reason other than your reluctance to fix your mail setup.
>> 
>> Beam and splinter. Stop making things hard for others yourself, then
>> you can come again and complain.
> 
>      One more time, repeat after me:  Scott Bennett is *not* the
> system administrator on this system and *cannot* install mail software
> onto it.

Other people manage to get working mail setups one way or another.
Apparently you're the only person in the world who can't.

> It is not a matter of my refusing to accede to your unreasonable
> demands to do something I cannot do in order to pamper your lazy self.

But of course it is a matter of your very own laziness. If you wanted,
you could most easily find other (more compliant) ways to read/send
mail. Of course that would require yourself to do something instead of
someone else. Which obviously is the problem at hand.

And while we're already at it: I do read this list, so there's no need
for you to send me additional copies of your mails. The list address by
all means does suffice.

> I have no trouble following the traffic on this list.  Maybe you
> should try reading something easier if it gives you trouble.

Maybe you should try realizing that some people read more than just this
list.

> Stop worrying about headers, and start worrying about content.

The second you stop worrying about attributions when your own mails are
still *way* sub-par.

BTW, did I mention that with proper threading in place, lack of
attribution magically ceases to be a problem?

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
-- 
"The Mac OS X kernel should never panic because, when it does, it
seriously inconveniences the user."
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