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This morning I receive in my inbox a request for help with some SQL. This is not unusual - I often get unsolicited email asking for help with programming issues. My normal response is to reply saying to ask in the forum because my answers are for the benefit of all. However, today's email was different. It was sent from an anonymous user who clicked on one of the replies I gave someone else. Because it was sent anonymously the Code Project servers could not attach an email address to it. So I have no one to reply to. :rolleyes: I wonder if they are sitting waiting for a reply that can never come.
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This morning I receive in my inbox a request for help with some SQL. This is not unusual - I often get unsolicited email asking for help with programming issues. My normal response is to reply saying to ask in the forum because my answers are for the benefit of all. However, today's email was different. It was sent from an anonymous user who clicked on one of the replies I gave someone else. Because it was sent anonymously the Code Project servers could not attach an email address to it. So I have no one to reply to. :rolleyes: I wonder if they are sitting waiting for a reply that can never come.
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: an anonymous user That's why I fell less compelled to answer anonymous questions in forums: will they keep coming again and again to CP to check for an answer? Colin Angus Mackay wrote: I wonder if they are sitting waiting for a reply that can never come. Once, some guy sent me a 2MB zip file containing an ASP.NET project, with something like "I liked your SQL article. My project isn't working, can you help me?" as the message body. When I tried to reply him, I received an automated answer that said that my e-mail address was blocked on his mailbox. What's the logic in asking help to someone and them blocking his e-mail address?? :confused: I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: an anonymous user That's why I fell less compelled to answer anonymous questions in forums: will they keep coming again and again to CP to check for an answer? Colin Angus Mackay wrote: I wonder if they are sitting waiting for a reply that can never come. Once, some guy sent me a 2MB zip file containing an ASP.NET project, with something like "I liked your SQL article. My project isn't working, can you help me?" as the message body. When I tried to reply him, I received an automated answer that said that my e-mail address was blocked on his mailbox. What's the logic in asking help to someone and them blocking his e-mail address?? :confused: I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
Daniel Turini wrote: I liked your SQL article. My project isn't working, can you help me :omg: :sigh: Daniel Turini wrote: When I tried to reply him, I received an automated answer that said that my e-mail address was blocked on his mailbox. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I hope it wasn't a long reply.
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This morning I receive in my inbox a request for help with some SQL. This is not unusual - I often get unsolicited email asking for help with programming issues. My normal response is to reply saying to ask in the forum because my answers are for the benefit of all. However, today's email was different. It was sent from an anonymous user who clicked on one of the replies I gave someone else. Because it was sent anonymously the Code Project servers could not attach an email address to it. So I have no one to reply to. :rolleyes: I wonder if they are sitting waiting for a reply that can never come.
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: This morning I receive in my inbox a request for help with some SQL. Have you ever considered posting answers anonymously? A sort of "the masked SQL expert strikes again!" motif. ;P MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: This morning I receive in my inbox a request for help with some SQL. Have you ever considered posting answers anonymously? A sort of "the masked SQL expert strikes again!" motif. ;P MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO
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Daniel Turini wrote: I liked your SQL article. My project isn't working, can you help me :omg: :sigh: Daniel Turini wrote: When I tried to reply him, I received an automated answer that said that my e-mail address was blocked on his mailbox. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I hope it wasn't a long reply.
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: I hope it wasn't a long reply. It was a more educated form of "WTF do you mean by 'my project isn't working'???" I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: an anonymous user That's why I fell less compelled to answer anonymous questions in forums: will they keep coming again and again to CP to check for an answer? Colin Angus Mackay wrote: I wonder if they are sitting waiting for a reply that can never come. Once, some guy sent me a 2MB zip file containing an ASP.NET project, with something like "I liked your SQL article. My project isn't working, can you help me?" as the message body. When I tried to reply him, I received an automated answer that said that my e-mail address was blocked on his mailbox. What's the logic in asking help to someone and them blocking his e-mail address?? :confused: I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
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This morning I receive in my inbox a request for help with some SQL. This is not unusual - I often get unsolicited email asking for help with programming issues. My normal response is to reply saying to ask in the forum because my answers are for the benefit of all. However, today's email was different. It was sent from an anonymous user who clicked on one of the replies I gave someone else. Because it was sent anonymously the Code Project servers could not attach an email address to it. So I have no one to reply to. :rolleyes: I wonder if they are sitting waiting for a reply that can never come.
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I should've gone to you first, but was thinking ASP.NET instead of SQL that late night of frustration. (Can you ever forgive me? :sigh: ) Anyways, if you have any suggestion I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks for your advice. http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?forumid=12076&fr=51#xx1086620xx[^] Jerry Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated--Robert C. Savage, Life Lessons Toasty0.com Ladder League (beta)
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This morning I receive in my inbox a request for help with some SQL. This is not unusual - I often get unsolicited email asking for help with programming issues. My normal response is to reply saying to ask in the forum because my answers are for the benefit of all. However, today's email was different. It was sent from an anonymous user who clicked on one of the replies I gave someone else. Because it was sent anonymously the Code Project servers could not attach an email address to it. So I have no one to reply to. :rolleyes: I wonder if they are sitting waiting for a reply that can never come.
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I hope you *always* re-direct them to the forums for the benefit of all users when they email you privately.
"If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion." - Edmond de Goncourt
John Cardinal wrote: I hope you *always* re-direct them to the forums for the benefit of all users when they email you privately. Colin Angus Mackay wrote: My normal response is to reply saying to ask in the forum because my answers are for the benefit of all. Maybe I should have stated that I occasionally ignore them altogether, usually when I've had a really bad day and I know that I will end up ranting at them. I always try and reply politely. But if I respond, I *always* direct them to the forums.
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: an anonymous user That's why I fell less compelled to answer anonymous questions in forums: will they keep coming again and again to CP to check for an answer? Colin Angus Mackay wrote: I wonder if they are sitting waiting for a reply that can never come. Once, some guy sent me a 2MB zip file containing an ASP.NET project, with something like "I liked your SQL article. My project isn't working, can you help me?" as the message body. When I tried to reply him, I received an automated answer that said that my e-mail address was blocked on his mailbox. What's the logic in asking help to someone and them blocking his e-mail address?? :confused: I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
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This morning I receive in my inbox a request for help with some SQL. This is not unusual - I often get unsolicited email asking for help with programming issues. My normal response is to reply saying to ask in the forum because my answers are for the benefit of all. However, today's email was different. It was sent from an anonymous user who clicked on one of the replies I gave someone else. Because it was sent anonymously the Code Project servers could not attach an email address to it. So I have no one to reply to. :rolleyes: I wonder if they are sitting waiting for a reply that can never come.
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