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Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users

From deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users
Date 2019-03-22 18:50 +0100
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On 3/22/19 1:36 PM, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Fri, 2019-03-22 at 13:14 -0400, deb wrote:
>> I guess I found that some folks here (not many, but vocal) can be gruff
>> and insensitive; and I just wanted to see if there were more "yielding"
>> lists.
>>
>>
>> The last thing I want to do is have new users rebuffed in the spot I
>> send them to for help.
>
> One of the sure ways to do that is to unnecessarily modify the Subject line of
> emails you send......
>
> -Jim P.
>
>

Like that ^


I was told before to do that if I was talking (or thanking) one person 
BUT also sharing the data with all.

I personally would want the name in the subject so that I can see if 
someone is asking me something directly.
Some days, there are a lot of emails.

So --- from the gruff perspective -- which way is it?

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Other lists? Fire support for new users deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-03-22 16:40 +0100
  Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users Paul Sutton <zleap@disroot.org> - 2019-03-22 17:40 +0100
    (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-03-22 18:20 +0100
      Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2019-03-22 18:40 +0100
        Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-03-22 18:50 +0100
          Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2019-03-22 19:10 +0100
            Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-03-22 20:00 +0100
    Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-22 20:00 +0100
  Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2019-03-23 00:40 +0100

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