Re: FAQs - to spam or not to spam

Karl M. Bunday (bunda002@gold.tc.umn.edu)
Thu, 06 Jun 1996 16:56:49 -0500

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Mark Eckenwiler wrote:
>
> Karl M. Bunday writes:
> + Jeff Knapp wrote:
> + > I post an abridged version of my FAQ (80k) instead of my full FAQ (360k);
> + > and the abridged version has a pointer to the full FAQ...
> + >
> + > ... also, you can teach the people the word "killfile" ;-)
> +
> + The WORD "killfile" doesn't do a bit of good to the proportion of newsgroup
> + users (perhaps a majority) who don't have killfile capability in their
> + newsreader software.
>
> Forgive me if this seems an intemperate and injudicious response, but
> the losers using such brain-damaged crocks of shit are not in a
> position to dictate how *anybody* ought to behave on Usenet, let alone
> dictate how FAQ maintainers ought to conduct themselves.
>
> Let them beg, cajole, threaten, or complain to the creators of
> whatever broken software they're using. Let them learn how to use
> (God forbid) trn or some other real newsreader on a shell account.
> Let them write their own damn software, or pay some third party for
> something better. Let the market address their needs, and let a
> thousand applications bloom. But do not let a group of clueless
> newsreaders (software or wetware) declare their own incompetence to be
> a universal standard.
>
> Harrumph.

How did your "harrumph" get posted twice?

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