[clug] Snowdrift.coop

[Eyal Lebedinsky]

I owe an explanation:

1) Links in email are risky as one never knows where it came from and how trustworthy the source is.
    I did recognise the sender name in the "From" and considered it friendly, however

2) The Reply-To header raised a flag for me:
	From: Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.clug at gmail.com>
	To: CLUG List <linux at lists.samba.org>
 >>>	Reply-To: bryan at netspeed.com.au

I thought it was unexpected. This header is normally not present, and when it is the content
provides an alternate address for the sender (e.g. I email from work but want replies at home).

I also should apologize to the list, I did not mean to criticize or censure, just to say that
one short description will save dozen of people from searching the web. Less electrons bothered.
Saves the planet. World peace. etc.

And yes, I did learn something in the end.

cheers
	Eyal

On 03/12/14 13:38, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 3 December 2014 at 11:04, Eyal Lebedinsky <eyal at eyal.emu.id.au> wrote:
>> With all due respect Scott,
>
> With the /greatest/ respect Eyal,
>
>>
>> Unless the post is about a widely understood subject there should be *some*
>> hint regarding what the link is about.
>
> Really? I guess it's never bother me.
> Presuming the best intentions and not just a sense of entitlement - I
> feel the same way about top-posting on lists (it's easier to move the
> mouse than write a summary for a link to a FOSS project that explains
> itself).
> Don't take the wrong way.
>
>> I am uneasy clicking on email links that I have no idea about.
>
> I'm sorry to hear that.
> [curious] Is that just email links or links in general - if not the latter, why?
>
> I don't understand your problem (I can be a bit thick) - could you
> expand on that please?
> Have you considered Googling the link or would the same reasons for
> your uneasiness still apply?
> e.g.:-
> https://www.google.com.au/search?q=https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/en/intro
>
> It's a project that may be of interest to FOSS supporters  - that they
> may not have heard about, for funding projects.
>
>
>>
>> Even more so when the "Reply-To" header is unrelated to the "From", or am I
>> misreading the whole thing?
>
> I /assume/ so, short of more explanation for your reasoning - I'm not
> currently inviting off-list replies due to work-load.
>
>>
>> cheers
>>          Eyal
>>
>> On 03/12/14 10:41, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear list,
>>>                  I hope some find this project interesting (and news):-
>>> https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/en/intro
>>>
>>>
>
> Kind regards
>
> --
> “One size does not fit all.” ~ Frank Zappa
>

-- 
Eyal Lebedinsky (eyal at eyal.emu.id.au)