List Protocol (was: Major Version Upgrade 4.11 to 5.x)

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On Tuesday 12 December 2006 20:01, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Tuesday, 12 December 2006 at 16:49:39 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> > Until then STFU you ungrateful bastards.  All you once were dumb
> > newbies who didn't know FreeBSD from free beer, and I'll bet more
> > than a few of you sent e-mail to questions, thinking it was an
> > actual person who gave a damn.  Boy were you surprised!
>
> Ted, there are other aspects of the list protocol.  One has to do with
> message format.  You seem to have great difficulty with this one,
> requiring other people to manually reformat, and often to guess what
> you're talking about.
>
> Another has to do with politeness.  You seem to abuse this one again
> and again; it's one of the reasons why I seldom read this mailing list
> any more.  You've probably driven off a number of people who would be
> able to give *helpful* answers.  Please stop.
>
> Greg
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Not that Ted needs any defense, but ... 

He's also made a few of us pay attention and pitch in.

God love him!

Now where is the girl in the tank top?

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