So telling it directly and just being a bastard helps them learn it?
So if you try to teach someone to defend themself in a fight, you start with knocking them out?
Yeah thats the way to do it,

1) What does hacks and the age of the game got in common? Anyway, no it's not allowed to use any kind of hacks/third party programs, but if some poor MF'er would like to use MH to make it a bit easier (not that he/she can't play without it, just so much easier and faster with it)
then just let him/her do it, i dont care since it won't hurt anyone else than the person who use it (risking getting banned).There is no need to recommend a version if you already know it will get him/her banned right away.
And since it's not allowed to get discussed on this forum either, then just say so in a nice way and whoever it is can find a forum that is used for that kind of stuff.
2) If you don't want to answer a question polite, or even with an answer which has anything to do with the question (no matter how stupid the question might be) why not just
leave it and don't reply to it?
1. Yet again, common sense. Whenever you launch Diablo 2, log on to chat, you'll see a red text on the right side of the screen, says that you will get banned if you are using any third part program.
2. Why?