don't quite understand mailing list

[Marko Rauhamaa]

mm0fmf <none at invalid.com>:
> On 06/09/2018 21:06, Ethan Furman wrote:
>> On 09/06/2018 12:42 PM, Reto Brunner wrote:
>>> What do you think the link, which is attached to every email you
>>> receive from the list, is for? Listinfo sounds very promising,
>>> doesn't it?
>>>
>>> And if you actually go to it you'll find: "To unsubscribe from
>>> Python-list, get a password reminder, or change your subscription
>>> options enter your subscription email address"
>>>
>>> So how about you try that?
>>
>> Reto,  your response is inappropriate.  If you can't be kind and/or
>> respectful, let someone else respond.
>
> Seriously if someone has a swanky signature advertising that they are
> a rocket scientist viz. "Software Contractor, Missiles and Fire
> Control" and yet doesn't know what a language runtime is or how
> mailing lists work then they are asking for that kind of reply.

I'm with Ethan on this one.

There was nothing in the original posting that merited ridicule.


Marko