Date   : Tue, 03 Jul 2001 12:27:56 +0100
From   : Phil McIntyre <philmac@...>
Subject: Re: VIKING COLLECTION DISC

Hi,
I can't understand what his problem is.  Your emails are perfectly sensible 
on my system (no html),  and I'm sure your archiving efforts are very much 
appreciated by the rest of the group.
Regards,       Phil

At 12:06 03/07/01 +0100, m.edwards26 wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>Fourth posting.
>
>I received this insulting little email today:
>
>From: gARetH baBB <hick@...>
>To: <bbc-micro@...>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 9:13 AM
>Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] VIKING COLLECTION DISC
>
> > On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, m.edwards26 wrote:
> >
> > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > >
> > > - ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C0FBFA.A1526020
> > > Content-Type: text/plain;
> > > charset="iso-8859-1"
> > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> > >
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > Third posting.
> >
> > Indeed, and you still post HTML and can't quote correctly ...
> >
> > Don't bother with a fourth post.
>
>My immediate reaction was quite unprintable. Obviously, we're not all such
>good friends on this list as I assumed. Well fine, if even my work archiving
>discs isn't appreciated then I will spend my summer elsewhere.
>
>I'm all for criticism but for goodness sake keep it constructive. I send off
>emails to the Mailing List as I send emails to my friends. I certainly don't
>use HTML codes in them so where they come from, I don't know, Mr Babb. And
>what's this "can't quote correctly"? How am I supposed to know what you're
>talking about?
>
>  How about actually spelling out your grievances instead of firing off such
>an offensive missive?
>
>Best wishes,
>
>
>DAVE EDWARDS
>m.edwards26@...

Phil McIntyre                   email   philmac@...
Biological Sciences,
Donnan Lab.,
University of Liverpool,                tel     0151 794 3642
Liverpool,
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UK