Re: Come on Suse

From: Arthur Hagen (art_at_broomstick.com)
Date: 05/19/05 

Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 09:08:59 -0400

Lawrence DčOliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
> In article <d6h38a$td9$1@cauldron.broomstick.com>,
> "Arthur Hagen" <art@broomstick.com> wrote:
>>
>> An even worse breach of netiquette is to quote a private email in a
>> public Usenet post without the permission of the author.
>
> Sometimes the idea is to discourage people from sending you those
> sorts of e-mails in the first place.

What you snipped away from my response answers this:

>> Even if you think it should have been made a post in the first place.
>> Two wrongs don't make a right.

I email people back quoting my hourly consulting fee and ask whether they're
still interested. Either they'll never email me again, or I gain a
customer; in either case, it's a win. 

-- 
*Art

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