[softwarelist] Re: Thank you for your email

No, don't upset him - he makes very good chainrings for my bike!

:)

Alf

2009/6/17 Dr Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> On 17 Jun 2009  David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > In message <E1MH1DF-0001Ik-6h@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > "chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> >>Thank you for your email '[softwarelist] Re: Corrupt index'.
> >>I regret that I'm currently unavailable and won't be able to reply to
> >>your email until after 11 July.
> >>Sorry for the inconvenience that this will cause you.
>
> > Soooh. he's set up his machine to reply with the above message to all
> > incoming email. The thing is, will it send out the reply when it sees
> > the message it sent appear back from the list. If so, we're sitting on
> > the brink of infinity.
>
> > He's not kidding when he says "the inconvenience that this will cause
> > you" e.g. finding his house and chainsawing the telegraph pole outside
> > it.
>
> > Any suggestions before the mail list becomes incredibly busy?
>
> > ;-)
>
> > Ah, got it, I can go unsub him... <sigh> simple solutions are no fun.
>
> Excellent, and I'd hoped that you would do this. Please also:
>
>  1) Tell him what you've done (even if this message doesn't get
>     to him till July).
>
>  2) Tell him why you've done this.
>
>  3) Tell him what a prat he is.
>
> I feel better now :-)
>
> With best wishes,
>
> Peter.
>
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