Message-ID: <16808.41845.290445.21159@gargle.gargle.HOWL>
Date: 2004-11-27T15:55:33Z
From: Martin Maechler
Subject: inappropriate posting (".. vacation ..")
In-Reply-To: <33413b33227b.33227b33413b@kent.edu>
Huuh ???
>>>>> "Partha" == <partha at kent.edu>
>>>>> on Sat, 27 Nov 2004 09:44:41 -0500 writes:
Partha> Sir: Is it possible to stop sending me email till
Partha> January 12,2005. I will be away from my workplace.
Partha> Partha
What did you think when sending this to the 2500 readers of
R-help?
Can you think what would happen if everyone told R-help
(i.e. everyone else) about their vacations ????
PLEASE!
BTW, even if you only had wanted to send this to the list
maintainer, it would not have been appropriate: This is a
volunteer job, and relies on subscribers taking care of these
things themselves: Namely, by reading {the posting guide,
mailing list pages,...} on your own.
Now that this has cost too much time anyway, I'm putting this to
general consideration.
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
R mailing lists' maintainer