Huh?
First: I'd asked for input for this article on the dovecot list. I
received several replies from people who answered my question, "what
ONE thing do you wish your CIO understood about this subject?" So, at
a minimum, my message was written to let people know that the project
was complete and that their contributions mattered. (Not to mention
that a few of your online friends might have been quoted.) This is
called "good manners."
Also, I don't see that the article was irrelevant. It was meant, from
the first, to be a document that explained the techie's side of the
issue to a manager. If your CIO doesn't need to be told these things,
then I'm very happy for you -- but I've already gotten several
responses saying that a copy was sent to the boss' office. For many
readers, having the boss understand the situation _does_ help an
email admin deal with the problem (i.e. the problem of clueless
management), so I think it's relevant indeed.
Third, I'm rather irritated when I see people use the word "spam" to
mean "I'm not interested in this." You could argue that my message
was off-topic. (I would disagree, but I'd accept the viewpoint.)
However, spam is defined as unsolicited commercial e-mail. A link to
an online article is not commercial, especially if there's nothing at
that site for you to buy.
Esther Schindler senior online editor, CIO.com
On Feb 16, 2007, at 4:12 AM, Robert Schetterer wrote:
Luca Corti schrieb:
On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 17:35 -0700, Esther Schindler wrote:
Thanks to everybody who contributed. :-)
Great! I mean, wow, do you realize you are actually spamming a mailing-list?
oh my...
Agree 100 % , after all in the Articel is nothing tec stuff included which help people out of the problem, so its simply the usual for marketing services bla bla