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I agree with the concept of netiquette but I also fear Microsoft has |
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poisoned the well and taught many a newbie (myself included) bad habits. |
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Case in point ... |
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I subscribed to a newsletter on one particular site. |
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The mail server was accidentally turned into conversation mode one day. |
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People started getting email after email and since no one who subscribed |
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knew anything about listserv, they grew more and more frustrated as everyone |
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replied to each and every email saying: |
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"Why am I getting these emails?" |
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"What is going on here?" |
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"Please take me off this list" |
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The emails grew exponentially. |
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I think as long as each newbie is taught and then patiently reminded about |
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netiquette there is nothing wrong. |
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