On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 10:02:57PM +0100, Thomas Eibner wrote: > I'm just saying: On one side people say "We have to be nice to newbies", > when someone (Hi Ben :-)) flames/tells someone to rtfm, but we _still_ > want them to be aware of more or less unspoken rules about how you > communicate on a mailinglist (Yes, I know the URL you posted) and > the TCLUG site doesn't even have anything about how to "act" on the list. > I'm not saying it's the site-maintainers fault, 'cause you can't have > every bit of information out there on the site. Most of it is common sense, that unfortunately is not so common. Do not write in an e-mail something that you wouldn't say in person. [Hi Ben :-(] > > Why don't I just send it as a private email? Public humiliation of > > offendors on an email list bring public attention to a public problem. Why stop at public humiliation? Maybe we should outright stone them. Wookie, please add *newbie*@* to your killfile and shut up, ok? florin -- "If it's not broken, let's fix it till it is." 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 230 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20011219/8328c85d/attachment.pgp