A problem.

Kevin Brown plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Mon, 21 Oct 2002 23:16:16 -0700


It apparently isn't acceptable here.  Just because other lists allow it or find
it acceptable does NOT mean that all lists or everyone else finds it acceptable.

Feel free to continue using HTML email to other lists, but to this list, send in
plain text.  Simple solution.

> As I said before "dude", the lists I'm on find it acceptable.
> As do everyone else I e-mail to.
> 
> You don't like the way I send e-mail, delete anything from me.

>      email etiquitte dude. dont write in html. u should know that by now.

>      > Because the mailing lists I'm on allow for it in case we need to send
>      > jpeg images
>      > and similar such information which we do on a regular basis.
>      >
>      > If it bothers you so much, set up a filter to delete any e-mail from me.
>      >
>      > You are the only one that has complained.

>      >     and why would someone send html to a mailing list? continuously?

>      >     > I believe it's html.

>      >     >     is this html or is my evolution playing visual tricks on me?

>      >     >     > RedHat 7.3. Using KDE. Kpackager is what gave me those error messages.

>      >     >     >     Hi Lee,
>      >     >     >
>      >     >     >     My Linux distribution's administration tool (SuSE's YaST) resolves all
>      >     >     >     dependencies for me and installs everything I need so I don't have to
>      >     >     >     worry about this stuff.  What distro are you using?  Command line RPM
>      >     >     >     software installations can be rather irritating.  Find the GUI RPM tool
>      >     >     >     that will take care of this for you.  Post your distro (and if you are
>      >     >     >     using Gnome or KDE) and someone should be able to help you out.
>      >     >     >
>      >     >     >     Remember this thumbrule: Unix has been around for over 30 years.  If you
>      >     >     >     are having a hard time doing something, you are doing it wrong because
>      >     >     >     the problem has most likely been solved before.

>      >     >     >     > If I'm trying to install libstdc++ why do I get libstdc++ is needed by
>      >     >     >     > libstdc++-devel-2.96-112 ?
>      >     >     >     > That just doesn't make any sense to me!
>      >     >     >     > I'm not trying to do anything with libstdc++-devel-2.96-112!