Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.etla.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.039 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; '16,': 0.03; 'ignored': 0.07; 'questions?': 0.09; 'subject:script': 0.09; 'subject:using': 0.09; 'url:faqs': 0.09; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'materially': 0.16; 'python-list,': 0.16; 'subject:send': 0.16; 'url:catb': 0.16; 'subject:python': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'putting': 0.22; 'mon,': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'too.': 0.31; 'public.': 0.31; 'sep': 0.31; 'steven': 0.31; 'anyone': 0.31; 'minimal': 0.33; 'maybe': 0.34; 'subject:the': 0.34; "can't": 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; "didn't": 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'effort': 0.37; 'list.': 0.37; 'being': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'that,': 0.38; 'bad': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'read': 0.60; "you're": 0.61; "you'll": 0.62; 'making': 0.63; 'more': 0.64; 'nobody': 0.68; 'fact,': 0.69; 'funny': 0.74; 'pardon': 0.84; 'subject:via': 0.84; 'thing,': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=wsSM82gwSv9YBa7nZ59ts/c57HRFzg/LtHmu1nnp7hI=; b=Cmc/C7bRJ8jPgRy6+z8vW6AJ6NZUtWri3XaLZQPBBzO//8TYTjWy1J/hJNi5KRAalP 7WOmRzWFpGx4DdeP0d7QzPs0ubPiBs+F7GnM0J4c11TddY9ZoQYC4Qj4hHrKLHsFUqiU yug4BBTsbsV5CFPHv7lClFyTYlAV2bU64wwj+yD60587PMKhFB9Bj8pXiFcnjv4TryXz SGKZk9ACA2tHZ2G22if8kNYcgSrGJaNjxWwOk8zgM/VL1vrwRquYrH0pNn4fPksdQxgL I58cMEDfhdadR0HD1Xu2THjhgm5JlpPrRj7gPY9sy7YPUKHLmDVOuatkSAKJPCJA2NZU 5KOA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.133.66 with SMTP id pa2mr5297978veb.18.1379319131746; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 01:12:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5236BC26.6010001@rece.vub.ac.be> References: <305a2044-a13e-47f8-9cc1-9e3482424616@googlegroups.com> <52366466$0$29988$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5236B356.7030308@rece.vub.ac.be> <5236BC26.6010001@rece.vub.ac.be> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:12:11 +1000 Subject: Re: Tryign to send mail via a python script by using the local MTA From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1379319139 news.xs4all.nl 15886 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:48103 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:54210 On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Antoon Pardon wrote: >> Also, how will other people learn that they should put some effort >> into their questions? If people are only ever corrected privately, >> nobody will learn from anyone else. Orders of magnitude more people >> will read this than just the OP, > > I didn't complain about his respons being public. http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#not_losing Sometimes, things are better said than not-said. In fact, that's *often* true. Maybe it's unpleasant for the person the jab is aimed at; maybe it feels awkward for you, as an onlooker. But for the good of python-list, Nikos has to be told that putting minimal effort into his questions is a bad thing, and if you're going to say that, may as well say it in a funny way. Plus, Steven was making a solid point, too. So if you want Nikos to be ignored by anyone who can't be completely "friendly", what you'll end up with is materially less content on the list. ChrisA