Apology accepted my me... -- Christopher W. Aiken, Scenery Hill, Pa, USA chris at cwaiken dot com, www.cwaiken.com Current O/S: Debian 2.2 GNU/Linux
On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Jim Kroger wrote: ->Dear Debian list: -> ->I recently, in unprecedented poor judgement, sent messages to the ->list about unsubscribing that were in extremely poor taste. I deeply ->and humbly apologize. I had been attempting to unsubscribe from the ->list for weeks. I had successfully unsubscribed from the GNOME, KDB, ->Yellowdog, and other lists, after subscribing for a few days to find ->out some things about LInux; but though I eventually sent several ->messages to the unsubscribe address for Debian, then sent mail to the ->address listed in the bottom for problems, and finally posted ->(politely) to the mailing list for help, I was still not contacted. ->This may be due to my filtering, although I had the same filtering ->set up for all those mailing lists and had no difficulties ->unsubscribing from them. I had become convinced that my messages WERE ->NOT reaching the list, and when I noticed again the 60-100 messages ->in my box, in frustration I fired off those unfortunate messages in a ->matter of seconds, thinking I was doing little more than talking to ->the wind. My god, had I thought they would arrive, with my signature ->and affiliations attached no less, I would never, never have sent ->them. In retrospect I certainly should have more carefully considered ->the possibility that in fact they might arrive despite how convinced ->I was to the contrary. -> ->Moreover, I'm aware of the role Debian has played in bringing Linux ->into the mainstream of computing, and have great respect for them, ->and have no desire to demean the people at Debian or those that ->support and use it. -> ->I hope you understand that I did not intend this, and hope that you ->will accept my humble apology for those messages. -> ->Jim Kroger ->_________________________________________________________ ->James K. Kroger, Ph.D. ->Center for the Study of Brain, Mind, and Behavior ->Department of Psychology ->3-N-4D Green Hall ->Princeton University ->Princeton, NJ 08544-1010, USA ->Tel: (609) 258-1291 ->Fax: (609) 258-1113 ->[EMAIL PROTECTED] ->http://www.princeton.edu/~kroger/home/ -> -> ->-- ->To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> ->
