Your british, aren't you??? <g>

-- Ron
Mark Radosevich wrote in message <360871A6.66BFD0C3@randolph.SPAM.edu>...
>> >but its against any netiquette to post privat email in a newsgroup.
>>
>> 1) not all of the email was posted (just the offending section)
>>
>> 2) mail sent to the bug reporting address is hardly 'private'.
>>    'private' email is that sent between individuals for the
>>    purpose of communications. a bug report is obviously something
>>    that may be disseminated to others (that's half the reason for
>>    sending them in some cases).
>>
>> so your comments don't apply in this case. we do not consider bug reports
>> private.
>
>hmmm... a good point, and a good reply...
>I know I'm splitting hairs here, but I've gotta say this: I think it's safe
to
>say that Jason considered his e-mail to be private, and certainly not to be
>posted in a newsgroup to be laughed at. As inconsiderate as he may be, he
>doesn't deserve our unkindness in return. Whether all of the e-mail was
posted
>or not isn't really the point; some of it was posted, and his e-mail
address
>was not omitted (I haven't checked to see whether it is an actual address),
>presumably without his knowledge. That's questionable netiquette,
especially
>considering the tone of the post ("We also would like to officially
nominate
>Jason Barlow for the 'Rudest Support Email of 1998' award.") I would be
>surprised if he hasn't received other e-mails, which were actually
encouraged:
>
>>we're posting this here in the hope that some of
>>his fellow POV Users will also be able to explain this to him in a more
>>reasoned way (rather then the somewhat annoyed tone of our reply ;)
>
>Chances are that not all of them were intelligently and patiently written.
>Personally, I hope that the quick reply, written "in no uncertain terms",
was
>enough for Jason to realise how thoughtless he was. If not, then he may
flaunt
>his ignorance elsewhere, with other consequences. I agree that he was
>surprisingly inconsiderate, but he doesn't deserve this public ridicule.
Had
>he posted that message himself, I wouldn't post this one, but he didn't, so
I have.
>
>
>
>-Mark R.
>(considering what a Macophile I am, it's amusing that I'm posting to
'povray.windows'...)
>
>(to e-mail, change "SPAM" to spa)

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