Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Do you have a name?
From: "A.H.SCHMIDT" <horst.schmidt@actek.com.au>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 01:13:26 +1000

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David Morton wrote:

> A.H.SCHMIDT wrote:
>
> > It amazes me, that some people don't find it necessary or are not
> > capable to
> > sign off their Email with a proper name. I can only assume, that those
> > people are to stupid to remember their own name.  I would seriously
> > suggest
> > to all the LUGers which remember their names and sign off accordingly
> > not to
> > respond  and to totally ignore any email which is not signed. After all,
> > most people would not take an  unsigned (anonymous) letter serious.
>
> What a bizarre thing to say.
>
> Even if you had *not* included your name on the last line, your email
> would not have been "anonymous", because it says "From: "A.H.SCHMIDT"
> <horst.schmidt@actek.com.au> at the top of your email!
>

Give it a go. What, for example, does Ruralmopics@aol.com mean? . Are you some
sort of  a mind reader?

> The extra sign off may suite some, but calling people who don't choose to
> do it "to stupid to remember their own name" is...well...words fail me.
>

If you read the post correctly, you would have noticed,:  I did not call
anyone to stupid to sign their own name, but I said: I assume their
to................

If words fail you as a journalist, then it may be time to look for a new job.
Anyway, I will not respond to this subject further. Everyone to his own.

Horst Schmidt


> David Morton
> dmorton@journalist.co.uk





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<P>David Morton wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>A.H.SCHMIDT wrote:

<P>> It amazes me, that some people don't find it necessary or are not
<BR>> capable to
<BR>> sign off their Email with a proper name. I can only assume, that
those
<BR>> people are to stupid to remember their own name.&nbsp; I would seriously
<BR>> suggest
<BR>> to all the LUGers which remember their names and sign off accordingly
<BR>> not to
<BR>> respond&nbsp; and to totally ignore any email which is not signed.
After all,
<BR>> most people would not take an&nbsp; unsigned (anonymous) letter serious.

<P>What a bizarre thing to say.

<P>Even if you had *not* included your name on the last line, your email
<BR>would not have been "anonymous", because it says "From: "A.H.SCHMIDT"
<BR>&lt;horst.schmidt@actek.com.au> at the top of your email!
<BR>&nbsp;</BLOCKQUOTE>
Give it a go. What, for example, does Ruralmopics@aol.com mean? . Are you
some sort of&nbsp; a mind reader?&nbsp;&nbsp;
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>

<P>The extra sign off may suite some, but calling people who don't choose
to
<BR>do it "to stupid to remember their own name" is...well...words fail
me.
<BR>&nbsp;</BLOCKQUOTE>
If you read the post correctly, you would have noticed,:&nbsp; I did not
call anyone to stupid to sign their own name, but I said: <B>I assume</B>
their to................

<P>If words fail you as a journalist, then it may be time to look for a
new job.
<BR>Anyway, I will not respond to this subject further. Everyone to his
own.

<P>Horst Schmidt
<BR>&nbsp;
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>

<P>David Morton
<BR>dmorton@journalist.co.uk</BLOCKQUOTE>
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