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Re: Now that was frightening!



Hi Cecil, I'm trying to reform, it ain't easy. Being self employed and in
the market so long has erroded my sense civility :>) Here's hoping tonite
things turn around.

DanF


----- Original Message -----
From: "Cecil" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: Now that was frightening!


> Might I suggest that when you click "reply all" you erase individual
> addresses before you click send.  That way replies go to the list only.  I
> had that problem, as well as a few others Dan tells me, when I first
started
> replying :-)
>
> Cecil
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lance Jacobson <lancejacob@attbi.com>
> To: bird <birdwl@earthlink.net>; <Celtics@igtc.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 2:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Now that was frightening!
>
>
> > Gang, for the record, I send NOTHING to Bird.  I do "Reply All" which
will
> > send to all those who've mailed me or cc'd me, as you are well aware.
> >
> > I have no reason to send things to Bird, I send responses to the board,
> and
> > I don't ignore his own add, from which he filters me.  Hear no evil, See
> no
> > evil.  Nice world, if you can manage it.  As a "seasoned, original,
> > long-time poster on this board, I'm sure he's mastered the art.
> >
> > Anyway, when a guy writes to ME offline, telling me to F*** off after a
> > retort on the board, it's unwarranted.  This is a bulletin board; use it
> or
> > ignore it.  Don't write to me privately about your own personal issues.
> >
> > Now That's net etiquette, if you're really interested.  Don't lecture me
> on
> > it again, please.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "bird" <birdwl@earthlink.net>
> > To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 1:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: Now that was frightening!
> >
> >
> > > OK, first off, let's not get into a big deal here.  This'll be my last
> > > post on it, therefore.  But, because you're calling me a liar, I feel
> > > like I have to respond.
> > >
> > > When you "cc" things to my email addy as well as to the list, you're
> > > sending things to me.  You send things to me because my address (as
> > > below) is in the "To:" field, even thought I've told you not to and
> > > everything you send to me gets bounced back to you.  It's a waste of
> > > bandwidth.  I don't think you're a liar, Lance, but clearly you're a
> > > bit ignorant about what you're doing when you send mail to someone and
> > > then carbon copy it to another email address.
> > >
> > > Bird
> > >
> > > P.S. In fact, things from Lance frequently get mailed to me, but don't
> > > get sent to the list, even though the "Celtics@igtc.com" address is
> > > listed in the "To:" field.  If this is one of those times (and it
could
> > > easily be so), then I apologize to the list, because they have no idea
> > > what we're talking about.  Lance, I'm asking you yet again to refrain
> > > from sending me personal email, as I only rarely skim over them, and
> > > they always get bounced back to you.  Keep it to the list, where I can
> > > ignore you.  And, seriously, you might want to check out your smtp
> > > server, email client or whatever to make sure you're sending things
> > > where you want them to go.  (Or check with Paul M., if you suspect
it's
> > > an igtc-side problem, perhaps related to people's stated delays in
> > > seeing their posts, etc.)  Like I said, I get things that have the
igtc
> > > list address in the "To:" field, but never seem to make it to the list
> > > proper.  Something seems wrong with that.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Saturday, November 2, 2002, at 10:08 AM, Lance Jacobson wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: "Lance Jacobson" <lancejacob@attbi.com>
> > > > Date: Sat Nov 2, 2002  10:08:54 AM US/Pacific
> > > > To: "William Bird" <birdw@mac.com>, <Celtics@igtc.com>
> > > > Subject: Re: Now that was frightening!
> > >
> > > > People, you should understand what a liar Bird is.  I send NOTHING
to
> > > > him,
> > > > he just gets cc'd on the replies to his stuff.  He's sent me things
> > > > that
> > > > you'd love to read.  I only post some of it, to remind you that the
> > > > mirror
> > > > has two faces.