[Klug-general] Was that a flame? Oops!

[Zahn Daltocli]

The Netquette guidelines (if that's what you're talking about) is an RFC 
:) RFC1855 to be precise... So as for "on who's authority":  everyone 
who contributed to the RFCs :)

I think the specific author though is Sally Hambridge :)

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html

Cheers,
~ Tom

Michael. E. Rentell wrote:
> Hmm. My response regarding the anti-earthquake comments seem to have 
> aroused someone's ire. The from boxes baffled me.
>
> That was not intended - but if it helps - then I don't mind 
> apologising. Some of us are not as netiquettic as perhaps we should 
> be, although I am not sure where I can learn the rules - incidentally 
> who wrote them? and on whose authority?
>
> But I would ask you to think that perhaps there is a reasonably 
> sensible reason for this mildly niggling occurrence.
>
> And there is ....
>
> Some of us have several profiles in our Seamonkey - and I'm one of 
> them. My personal email details are the only ones which the KLUG 
> server will recognise and allow me in with. I also have a corporate 
> one which I use most of the time and receive most of the KLUG emails 
> there.
>
> I respond to few, but when I want to respond I must select and copy 
> the text of the incoming memo, switch profile to my personal one, 
> start a NEW (oh horror) email and paste that thread into it. I 
> actually thought that might help - apparently not.
>
> Isn't Linux supposed to be sweetness and light to all shades?
>
> Seems I coulda been mistook.
>
> MikeR
> Earthquake city
>
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