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[Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT mac.com>]

I see you point, in faft, I tried that already.

A couple months ago, I spouted off kinda like this. Then, like 10 
minutes later, I realized that a little tirade wasn't going to do 
anything. I st down and wrote a well thought out email that explained 
BCC and stuff, and then had a little rant at the end about politics.

I have since ignored about a dozen of these, and when I got another at 
2:30 am, I just decided to do it again

~Ian


On Jan 29, 2004, at 7:56 PM, Alan MacHett wrote:

> In response to Ian Meyer's message(s):
> // snippage //
> > There were so many email addresses in it that when I tried to send out
> > my response, the .mac mail server told me there were too many.
> // snippage //
> > > funny that was preceeded by dozens upon dozens of email addresses 
> > > that
> > > no one had bothered to clean out. So I guess you all want me to have
> > > your email address. Please be responsible. BCC and clean out the old
> > > headers when forwarding.
> // snippage //
> >
>
> This is a problem with
> (1)microcultures: people in the loop fall prey to the Us vs. Them 
> mentality
> and
> (2)technology: people in the loop can't comprehend why everyone else
> doesn't share the same level of knowledge or expertise.
>
> I'd be just as irked by such an event.  I *have* been irked by one; my
> sister forwarded something to me, and my rash response was to email the
> whole list telling them to thank my sister for giving me their 
> addresses.
>
> But after you calm down and think about it, you'll realize that
> (a)obviously it hadn't bothered anyone else or they would've done
> something about it -- erase the email addresses or send a nasty 
> message to
> them all -- and (b)the ubiquity of a technology does not guarantee
> expertise in its use.
>
> Better to have written a polite message, including a link to some sort 
> of
> Miss e-Manners and explaining that in some circles it is considered 
> rude
> to leave the full headers and previous replies in a forwarded message.
>
> ...*  yeah, I know some of you might be thinking "tolerance from Alan?"
> It happens sometimes.  The sedatives must be kicking in...
>
> $0.02 & peace,
> Alan
>
>
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