[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Distro

[MadHat]

On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 15:40, TJ Davis wrote:
> I have worked with madhat on this a LITTLE but we didn't really get
> anything figured out.  For some reason even though I send it in plain
> text and it works correctly for every other server in the world, when
> I send it to ntlug it gets posted as html.  I have no idea why and
> there is nothing that I can do about it but if it is such a big deal
> then I will stop posting here and find a LUG that doesn't mind.  If
> anyone has any idea on what might be the problem I would be glad to
> try any suggestions.  I would like to remain active on this list but
> if I am not going to be welcome then I will not be such a HUGE burden
> to you anymore.
> 
> It seems sad to me that people would make a big deal out of something
> so small.  You guys are the first group of actual humans (not just
> aliases in forums) that I have interacted with in my Linux journey and
> so far I am not at all impressed because most of you are VERY rude and
> not even slightly friendly.  There are a few exceptions because I
> really respect some of you such as Chris Cox and Reverend Wry.  It is
> too late for me but maybe in the future you should consider being a
> little nicer to folks if you want to persuade people that Linux is
> actually a descent option.  Being a jerk who thinks he knows
> everything is no way to impress anyone.  Unfortunately that is the
> view that I have of most people on this list.  I guess I will see how
> friendly some of the other LUGs are.
> 

Sorry you have such a negative view of the list.  Please understand that
when you send an HTML message, many people here are using text based
mail clients and they have trouble reading the message because of the
HTML tags, as well as the concerns over bandwidth usage for those of us
that pay for bandwidth or have slow connections.  As for turning it off,
you did send me an email and I said it sent me HTML as well (and you
were surprised when I told you), but I don't know Outlook, or OE well
enough to help you turn it off.  
Try looking here, see if it helps:
http://www.infj.org/htmlexplanations.html  (googled page)

As far as people being rude, some people are terse, as I can be, but I
don't think that many people are meaning to be rude.  Also remember that
when using email you lose very important things like body language and
inflection which help convey a lot of the meaning, so what you may
consider rude may have been intended to be a joke, humorous or just a
simple statement, but the feeling (or lack of) was lost from one person
typing to another person reading.  As far as I know everyone here is
here to learn or help others.

-- 
MadHat at Unspecific.com
`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here...'
   -- Lewis Carroll - _Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland_