Path: csiph.com!xmission!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Please don't make unfounded legalistic demands (was: [a, b, c, d] = 1, 2, 3, 4) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 16:06:25 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <85k2sieccx.fsf_-_@benfinney.id.au> <143673659.1031959.1440579734203.JavaMail.root@sequans.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1440605185 26013 67.130.15.94 (26 Aug 2015 16:06:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 16:06:25 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.2 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:95664 On 2015-08-26, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 8/26/2015 5:02 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: >>> Misleading, intimidating, hostile nonsense. > > Agreed. > >>> If you want to participate here, please do so from a mail system > >> which does not make these legalistic demands. > > I disagree with prohibiting people encumbered by such systems from > participating. > >> I agree with you. Unfortunately my request for removing this nonsense >> has been denied by my employer. To the point where I'm restrincting >> myself from posting from time to time. I will probably restrict >> myself even more. > > How about instead you augment your signature with "Please ignore the > boilerplate below. It's too bad there's just no way to get an email account other than through your employer. It's also unfortunate that there's no way to to access the mailing list via an NNTP server or web page. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I own seven-eighths of at all the artists in downtown gmail.com Burbank!