JB wrote:
On Thursday 07 December 2006 19:04, Joachim Schrod wrote:
> "JE" == Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de> writes:
[vacation messages sent to lists]
Any decent mailing list software will filter out these messages. Get a better mailing list software if that happens.
JE> Or better yet: have the user configure their mail blurb in a way JE> so that it does not autoreply to lists, which would be the overall JE> best solution!
To rely on every person to configure their mail environment correctly is not a solution, IMNSHO. One needs to tackle that on the one place where one can address the problem; at the mailing list software.
So the app programmer has to make those who aren't lazy or stupid, pay by making an app just *for* lazy and stupid people? Doesn't that just condone and perpetuate laziness and stupidity?
Of course, I hope that laziness is perpetuated. Every good programmer is lazy, that's why he writes programs - to let computers do the work that I abhor. Why should I do something that a computer can do as well? And if you think that `the need to avoid thinking how to use an application because it Just Works(tm)' is `perpetuating stupidity' because the users are not forced to think deeply how to use their MUA any more -- well, yes, then I'm for perpetuating stupidity as well. I don't think that this kind of thinking is time well spent and I would rather read a good book instead. When I read these kind of arguments, I understand why Apple users are so snobists when they look at Linux -- and they are right, damned! Joachim PS: As I wrote already, the solution is actually to use gmane, where a sane interface as a newsgroup is available. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org