spam and newbies and niceness

[Joe Zeff]

On 10/19/2012 03:23 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 06:01:19PM -0400, David wrote:
>> I had this 'fixed' about two weeks ago and then you Newbies opened the
>> sluice gate. Can't fix *your* email? At least please don't re-swan it
>> for those of us that can.
>
> Hey, let's be nice to the newbies. Otherwise, they're just going to go away
> rather than learning, and learning and sharing is the point of this list.
>

And calling people Newbies just because they do something you don't like 
is probably not the best idea.  Some of us have probably been using 
Linux longer than you have and may have been using computers since 
before you were born.  (Hint: I still remember using CP/M, and my first 
PC used DOS 3.3.)