[plug] [OT] rubbish at the bottom of emails

[wayne]

Hello, Leon!

Never, at any time, did I mean to: attack; make "lite" of; neglect; or
render insignificant - ANY of your comments.  I hang on every syllable
(mono-tonic, or multi-phase).  Pure TREASURE!!

wayne.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leon Brooks" <leon at brooks.fdns.net>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 2:44 PM
Subject: [plug] [OT] rubbish at the bottom of emails


> On Tuesday 12 March 2002 14:30, wayne wrote:
> > From: "skribe" <skribe at amber.com.au>
> >> NOTE: No warranties, either express or implied, are hereby given. All
> >> software is supplied as is, without guarantee. The user assumes all
> >> responsibility for damages resulting from the use of these features,
> >> including, but not limited to, frustration, disgust, system abends,
disk
> >> head-crashes, general malfeasance, floods, fires, shark attack, nerve
> >> gas, locust infestation, cyclones, hurricanes, tsunamis, local
> >> electromagnetic disruptions, hydraulic brake system failure, invasion,
> >> hashing collisions, normal wear and tear of friction surfaces, comic
> >> radiation, inadvertent destruction of sensitive electronic components,
> >> windstorms, the Riders of Nazgul, infuriated chickens, malfunctioning
> >> mechanical or electrical sexual devices, premature activation of the
> >> distant early warning system, peasant uprisings, halitosis, artillery
> >> bombardment, explosions, cave-ins, and/or frogs falling from the sky.
>
> > And why do we send all the rubbish at the bottom
> > of eMails?  Intelligentsia?
>
> Skribe's left out `top-posting', `zlib buffer overruns' and `Internet
> Explorer' as destructive agents. (-:
>
> I think he's trying to call attention to just how unreasonable many
standard
> warranties and disclaimer are. It's in-your-face-obviously longer than his
> normal sigs.
>
> I have one client who filled his email server up becuase all of his staff
> top-posted and never trimmed. All of the `hi, how are you today' `rotten,
> thanks' conversations snowballed over the months until megabytes were
winging
> their way to and fro just to say hello. They complained that email was
slow.
> The day before I was scheduled to arrive and fix that, the email server
died
> of gastric overload.
>
> They don't all context-post now, but they do all trim.
>
> Top-posting is a great way around document control. (-:
>
> Cheers; Leon
>
> --
> `Many eyes make bugs provoke arguments on bugtracking lists'.
>  -- Not Alan Cox
>
>