Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-22 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
ed tharp schrieb am 21 Sep 2003 21:03:49 -0400: not Hochspier in the Pfalzerwald? No. wobo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-22 Thread ed tharp
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 03:09, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: ed tharp schrieb am 21 Sep 2003 21:03:49 -0400: not Hochspier in the Pfalzerwald? No. wobo Thank God I knew a Wolfgang there, about the same time frame (late 60s early 70s), I wouldn't want _my_ past to effect the present... G

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-22 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
ed tharp schrieb am 22 Sep 2003 07:17:11 -0400: Thank God I knew a Wolfgang there, about the same time frame (late 60s early 70s), I wouldn't want _my_ past to effect the present... G That bad? I still have a loose contact to one of the US guys from that times, he's living in Dayton, Ohio.

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Michael Adams
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 15:36:47 -0700 James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 13:32, Eric Huff wrote: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this one be relevant here? It

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 4:25 am, Michael Adams wrote: On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 15:36:47 -0700 James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 13:32, Eric Huff wrote: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEti quette Would a link to one of the many

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Richard Urwin
On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 8:37 am, Anne Wilson wrote: Give it today to get some opinions, then I'll go with the majority. A link to the RFC is good. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Eric Huff
Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more thorough authority. HTML http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3 Not to be a spoil sport but isn't this a bit much? 6 or 7 points and requests from

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 3:38 pm, Eric Huff wrote: Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more thorough authority. HTML http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3 Not to be a spoil sport but

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Eric Huff
Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 I personally also prefer the informal. But, if someone reads our entire list and gets to a link at the bottom, they can, if interested, look into it more. We could expand the The 'rules' of internet usage... line to emphasize

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 21, 2003 01:37 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 4:25 am, Michael Adams wrote: On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 15:36:47 -0700 James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 13:32, Eric Huff wrote:

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Anne Wilson schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:04:03 +0100: On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 3:38 pm, Eric Huff wrote: But, if someone reads our entire list and gets to a link at the bottom, they can, if interested, look into it more. We could expand the The 'rules' of internet usage... line to

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Charlie M. schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 10:48:51 -0600: Sorry for top-posting: Nice text and covering nearly all aspects for a list noob. Just a short hint at a missing word: 6.) Forget anything you may have been accustomed to in Windows. In Windows if you clicked on an MP3 file for example,

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Rolf Pedersen
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 3:38 pm, Eric Huff wrote: Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more thorough authority. HTML http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3 Not to be a spoil sport but isn't this a bit much?

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 6:25 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Anne Wilson schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:04:03 +0100: On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 3:38 pm, Eric Huff wrote: But, if someone reads our entire list and gets to a link at the bottom, they can, if interested, look into it more. We could

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 5:48 pm, Charlie M. wrote: This is something that I add to all systems that I help new converts with. snip I'll try to compare this with the existing script and see what we have missed. Give me a few hours, then check and comment as necessary Anne -- Registered Linux

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 21, 2003 11:30 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Charlie M. schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 10:48:51 -0600: Sorry for top-posting: Since it's going to happen again wobo it's OK. g Nice text and covering nearly all aspects for a list noob. Just

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 21, 2003 11:55 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 5:48 pm, Charlie M. wrote: This is something that I add to all systems that I help new converts with. snip I'll try to compare this with the existing script and see what we

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 5:48 pm, Charlie M. wrote: This is something that I add to all systems that I help new converts with. OK - We had covered quite a few of the points, but I've put on a slightly shortened version of the section on asking for help - shorter because your version has a

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 11:23, Charlie M. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 21, 2003 11:30 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Charlie M. schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 10:48:51 -0600: Sorry for top-posting: Since it's going to happen again wobo it's OK. g Nice

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Dick Gevers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Charlie, Hi WoBo, On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:23:36 -0600, Charlie M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else: September 21, 2003 11:30 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Charlie M. schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 10

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 21, 2003 03:02 pm, Dick Gevers wrote: Hi Charlie, Hi WoBo, On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:23:36 -0600, Charlie M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else: September 21, 2003 11:30 am, Wolfgang

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 21, 2003 02:28 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 11:23, Charlie M. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 21, 2003 11:30 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Charlie M. schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Dick Gevers schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 21:02:59 +: On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:23:36 -0600, Charlie M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else: September 21, 2003 11:30 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Charlie M. schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 10:48:51

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread ed tharp
On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 18:20, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Dick Gevers schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 21:02:59 +: On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:23:36 -0600, Charlie M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else: September 21, 2003 11:30 am, Wolfgang

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Dick Gevers
Hallo WoBo, On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 00:20:24 +0200, Wolfgang Bornath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else: Damn! You caught me! I thought i could gather some DAU[1] points. [1] German: Duemmster Anzunehmender User = Dumbest Credible User, derived from

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
ed tharp schrieb am 21 Sep 2003 18:30:48 -0400: don't tell me them crazy Germans or American Military are letting WoBo near Nuke Power OMG...g Not the Germans, but the American Military actually did! I spent some time being liason officer to a USAF group due to the fact that Germans are

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread ed tharp
On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 20:21, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: ed tharp schrieb am 21 Sep 2003 18:30:48 -0400: don't tell me them crazy Germans or American Military are letting WoBo near Nuke Power OMG...g Not the Germans, but the American Military actually did! I spent some time being

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-20 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 12:06, Vincent Danen wrote: On Fri Sep 19, 2003 at 11:20:30AM -0700, James Sparenberg wrote: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListE tiquette Also was the info on Hijacking left out intentionally? Left to me, I think, and

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-20 Thread Vincent Danen
On Sat Sep 20, 2003 at 12:28:16AM -0700, James Sparenberg wrote: Anne looks good. Vincent, Who would be the one who could possibly make a link from the sympa signup page to this page. Won't do us any good if no one reads it. Better yet, would be if it could get put into the

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-20 Thread Michael Adams
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:26:24 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 19 Sep 2003 1:09 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListE tiquette Also was the info on Hijacking left out intentionally? Left to me, I think,

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-20 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 20 Sep 2003 8:51 pm, Michael Adams wrote: Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more thorough authority. HTML http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3 Plain Text http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Done,

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-20 Thread Eric Huff
http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more thorough authority. HTML http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3 Plain Text

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-20 Thread Eric Huff
Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more thorough authority. HTML http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3 Plain Text http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Done, thanks What? No You gotta start Wiki-ing

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-20 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 13:32, Eric Huff wrote: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more thorough authority. HTML

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-19 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 20:49, Eric Huff wrote: Eric, I still have a text file that I used when asked to reply to the hijack problem. If you get started on the etiquette page, I'll put that on if you like. That would be great! Your responses on hijacking have been more complete than

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-19 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 02:29, James Sparenberg wrote: On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 20:49, Eric Huff wrote: Eric, I still have a text file that I used when asked to reply to the hijack problem. If you get started on the etiquette page, I'll put that on if you like. That would be great!

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-19 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 19 Sep 2003 10:50 am, James Sparenberg wrote: On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 02:29, James Sparenberg wrote: On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 20:49, Eric Huff wrote: Eric, I still have a text file that I used when asked to reply to the hijack problem. If you get started on the etiquette page,

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-19 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 19 Sep 2003 1:09 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListE tiquette Also was the info on Hijacking left out intentionally? Left to me, I think, and I'll do it today. I haven't checked the page yet, but if it's not there I'll

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-19 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 05:26, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 19 Sep 2003 1:09 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListE tiquette Also was the info on Hijacking left out intentionally? Left to me, I think, and I'll do it today. I

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-19 Thread Vincent Danen
On Fri Sep 19, 2003 at 11:20:30AM -0700, James Sparenberg wrote: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListE tiquette Also was the info on Hijacking left out intentionally? Left to me, I think, and I'll do it today. I haven't checked the page yet,

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread Bill Mullen
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Eric Huff wrote: Is there any way to get this sort of thing in the welcome letters? I have to admit, i didn't know about hijacking til the 1st time i turned threading on and saw my own hijack Excellent idea. Maybe something about unsetting 'Reply-To:', as well. :)

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 00:07, Bill Mullen wrote: On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Eric Huff wrote: Is there any way to get this sort of thing in the welcome letters? I have to admit, i didn't know about hijacking til the 1st time i turned threading on and saw my own hijack Excellent idea.

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread HaywireMac
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 03:07:51 -0400 (EDT) Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Excellent idea. Maybe something about unsetting 'Reply-To:', as well. :) *That* drives me even more nuts than hijacking, and waay more nuts than html, since I never even notice html unless I actually look at

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread HaywireMac
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:29:05 -0700 Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Ok, Haywire is list nazi on newbie this week, i'll pipe in here. I am *always* list Nazi, I just miss some sometimes ;-) -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread Eric Huff
Is there any way to get this sort of thing in the welcome letters? I have to admit, i didn't know about hijacking til the 1st time i turned threading on and saw my own hijack Excellent idea. Maybe something about unsetting 'Reply-To:', as well. :) I had planned to put a list

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 18 Sep 2003 3:42 pm, Eric Huff wrote: I had planned to put a list etiquette page on the twiki, but only got as far as a place holder. Soon, one of us will get it there, but it would still need visibility on welcome page for the absolute newbies to see it. Eric, I still have a

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 04:30, HaywireMac wrote: On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 03:07:51 -0400 (EDT) Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Excellent idea. Maybe something about unsetting 'Reply-To:', as well. :) *That* drives me even more nuts than hijacking, and waay more nuts than html,

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread Eric Huff
Eric, I still have a text file that I used when asked to reply to the hijack problem. If you get started on the etiquette page, I'll put that on if you like. That would be great! Your responses on hijacking have been more complete than mine... Here is the etiquette page:

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-17 Thread Eric Huff
Ok, Haywire is list nazi on newbie this week, i'll pipe in here. I have seen 3 hijacked threads today. Please, when you want to start a new thread in a mailing list, click new. If you click reply and then change the subject, the email shows up in the middle of the thread. Is there any way to