Using Ubuntu absolves the user of personal responsibility?

[Michael T. Richter]

On Fri, 2006-04-08 at 07:16 -0400, Todd Slater wrote:

> > I will unsubscribe this list next week because some of the members
> > just suck.



> As they say, don't let the (virtual) door hit your ass on the way out!



Todd, I think this is the #1 response from my list of three.  A better
response would be to say:


        In Evolution:
        
              * Edit -> Message Filters
              * Add
              * Sender contains -> ttmrichter at gmail.com
              * Delete
              * OK


This gives us #2: a directly useful response for the immediate problem.


        This adds any message from a user you don't like (Michael T.
        Richter in this case) to a list of emails that gets
        automatically deleted.  If you're using another mailer like
        Thunderbird, there are similar commands but I can't directly
        help you with those because I don't use them.  A quick pass at
        Google for "<mailer name> message filter" will likely find you
        similar instructions there.  Further you'll find that judicious
        use of such message filters will make all but the most violently
        flame-ridden mailing lists livable thus allowing you to
        participate in more of them without seeing words and concepts
        that upset and/or offend you.


This gives us #3: information and pointers to ideas that can make the
user more productive and happy in the long term.

I encourage, incidentally, anybody else who's offended by me, my ideas,
my words or my attitude to make liberal use of this technique.

-- 
Michael T. Richter
Email: ttmrichter at gmail.com, mtr1966 at hotpop.com
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"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not
either to save or to destroy slavery." --Abraham Lincoln
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