Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 26 May 1996 13:24:27 -0400 | From | (Brian P. Smyla) | Subject | Re: Your Mail |
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Brian Doherty thoughtlessly keyed:
>Sean Rafter wrote: >> >> I'd really like to know how your bulk mail ends up on our server. >> Wiscasset.net IP is 207.41.19.2 This is the second time in a week that >> your E-mail has appeared on our EMWAC holding router, and both times has >> caused a total system crash, bringing down the Windows NT box. >> >> Have you any IDEA how to avoid this? Are we or any of our domain users on >> your mailing list? Your assistance is anticipated. >> >> Sean Rafter SYSOP > >Perhaps you should get an operating system that doesn't crash when >e-mail passes through it! > >Or is this another Micro$oft scheme to discourage use of Linux? >Whenever the word "linux" passes through the network, kaboom! > >:) >
Okay, I see the smiley at the end of your message, but you didn't offer any possible solutions to his problem. I realize his tone may have been a bit harsh, but when you've got a bunch of users screaming at you because your mail server crashes, you tend to get a bit testy. Next time you decide to be a smartass, how about thinking about ways to assist the person with the problem, rather than turning them off to Linux altogether. Jokes have their place, but this wiseass comment was totally out of line. Sean, my recommendation to you is to send a message to postmaster@vger.rutgers.edu and see if the cause of your problem is actually with the listserver. I apologize for Brian's comment, and I hope you realize that not all of us are this thoughtless. Sorry for the flame here, but I don't feel that we can win people over to Linux as an alternative os by telling them that the one they are using now is inadequate.
-brian
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