On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 09:28:23 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:16:20 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:57:59 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
> >> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:22:53 -0400 (EDT), cosme wrote:
> >>> ...
> >>> y como quedaría dentro????
> >> 
> >> Solo en ingles, por favor, o mailto:debian-user-span...@lists.debian.org
> > 
> > After some attemps to try to contact the user (he also writes into the 
> > Spanish list), I reached the following conclusions:
> > 
> > 1/ The user does not receive many of the e-mails coming from the list.
> > 
> > 2/ He cannot receive e-mails from the outside (maybe is behind a proxy or 
> > firewall or any kind of filter system that rejects external e-mails).
> 
> That is indeed strange.  I have never heard of an e-mail system that allows
> e-mails out but not in.  (Except for spam setups, of course!)  He must have
> *some* way of receiving replies, such as viewing the mailing list archives
> via a browser.  Otherwise, why would he ask a question to which he knows that
> he cannot receive replies?  And if memory serves me correctly, this user
> has been repeatedly told that debian-user is for English only.  I must
> therefore conclude that he is either (a) stupid, (b) careless, or (c) 
> obnoxious.

I would say it is d) "all of the above". If you understand Spanish, see
for yourself:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/09/msg01806.html

> And none of those alternatives speak well of him or motivate people to 
> help him.

Unfortunately, people still respond to him or even worry about
apologizing on behalf of the list if other subscribers tell him to get
lost.

-- 
Regards,            |
          Florian   |


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