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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] KPilot full sync?
From:       Derek Broughton <derek () pointerstop ! ca>
Date:       2006-08-10 13:01:13
Message-ID: 200608101001.13274.auspex () lincsat ! com
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On Wednesday 09 August 2006 17:05, Ronny Standtke wrote:
> > Well, "poilite" would have been to simply ignore you.
>
> Your idea of being polite is very non-standard.

Not at all.  On a mailing list, if you don't know anything that can help a 
user, when you're polite you don't say _anything_.  Otherwise the list 
quickly fills up with all the nice people saying "Sorry, I can't help you".

> > Many of us feel used by people who post "I am not subscribed so please
> > CC...".
>
> Why?

Because we put a lot of effort into making this work.  When we _do_ have a 
solution, we want it shared with everybody.  If I CC you, you have the option 
to take any discussion off the list - then any refinements that need to be 
made to the proposed solution aren't available for everybody to see.
>
> > If we're going to help you, the least you can do is handle the
> > subscription issue...
>
> Then you must not state the opposite on the KPilot homepage. 

I don't see that - what that page said (as you quoted it) was that ALL replies 
may _only_ be sent to the list [emphasis mine].  Perhaps that's not what the 
author meant, but it's certainly how most native-English speakers would 
interpret it.

> In addition to 
> that I think mandatory subscription is bad style because letting needy
> users jump through several loops just to ask a question is an effective way
> to keep them at arm's length.

Yes, that's true but still the only workable way in the opinion of many.
-- 
derek
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