On Sat, 24 Jul 93 16:21:55 -0700 Brent Chapman said:
># > Instead, I have always argued that the MLM's should become more
># > flexible in what they accept (my suggestions have been accepted to
># > some extent).
># I think this is one of the things that bothers me most: where
># MLMs could be more accomodating but aren't.  I'll use Majordomo
...
>I'm a strong believer that you should tell folks what they're doing
>wrong rather than do it for them, because if you do it for them,
>they'll never learn.  This is a trivial enough case, though, that it's
>probably OK to bend that rule.
 
There's probably a lot of cases where pointing out the booboo but
also honouring the most probable intention could be a Good Thing
(TM?).  Another nice touch would be to add "If you wanted something
else, then undo what I assumed with [blah blah]".
 
 
>On reflection, I should have done more research on LISTSERV and either
>made Majordomo totally different or made it more compatible.  The sort
>of half-way natural compatibility that's there now just annoys folks.
 
But it need not annoy people who could use an interface on their
machine which took care of those diffs if/when present.
 
 
Regards.
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