On 8/1/02 11:11 AM, "Russ Allbery" <rra@stanford.edu> wrote:
> Why don't you just send them mail and say "please don't archive any of the
> lists hosted on X and Y and Z?"
That's what I did. It even worked.
I try to be polite-and-firm for the first letter. I save hostility for when
they blow me off...
> Why does everyone always have to be so confrontational and aggressive
> about things rather than assuming good will on the part of other people
> for at least the first pass?
Because enough idiots have played off our good will that it's hard to some
days?
I sympathize with Charlie, actually. But you're correct. But after you deal
with enough turkeys in life, you start thinking everything gobbles.
--
Chuq Von Rospach, Architech
chuqui@plaidworks.com -- http://www.chuqui.com/
He doesn't have ulcers, but he's a carrier.
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