[ale] Newbee needing help #6

[Jeff Lightner]

I disagree with putting it all in one post.  My experience on another
forum is that users will often ignore posts to which they don't know all
the answers in the hopes that someone that does will answer instead.
Since everyone has their own interests or uses in Linux having a single
subject email IHMO will garner the most responses from those
knowledgeable on that subject.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
To: ale at ale.org
James Sumners
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 3:47 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Newbee needing help #6

I will use your email to reply to everyone that thinks I was out of
line.

In my opinion, it would have been better for the poster to gather up
all his questions into one well written email. Putting each question
into its own individual email gets very annoying for those of us who
may not be interested in answering the questions.

I think I waited long enough to make my issue known. I didn't send my
bitch on the third, fourth, or event he fifth email. When it hit six
straight emails is when I decided to voice my problem with the way the
questions are/were being asked. I'll agree that I wasn't very kind, or
even clear, in the way I voiced it.

As for the off topic posts. At least they are one subject per thread.
This is the same box with all the problems. To me, that means one
thread not six.

(And my name is not Jim.)

On 7/18/06, Dan Lambert <danlambert at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 14:47 -0400, James Sumners wrote:
> > Would you mind not spamming the list every half hour?
> >
>
> Jim, I don't know what got in your craw, but I would certainly be a
bit
> more entertaining of someone new trying to gather enough information
to
> make their system work. He is, after all, trying to bring up a linux
> system, and this is a linux enthusiasts list.
>
> I've seen a whole lot less on-topic conversations carried on for days
> here, and no one started squawking about that for the first few days
at
> least. I think we can be a little more patient with a new guy that
that.
>
> Dan
>
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James Sumners
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"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

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CH:D 59
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