On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 06:45:59PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Fri 04 Apr 2014 at 12:57:34 -0400, Stephen Allen wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 06:36:05PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > > > > I'm 81yrs, I don't have perfect recall, but in the recent past you went > > > to the trouble of finding an exact reference as to the purpose of the > > > white list and you posted it here, but you apparently did not take the > > > time to read it. Slow down a bit. You'll live longer and give better > > > advice. > > > > Well, I'm a little younger but am retired. :) > > Is there an 'Oldie Badge' to display for some members of this list. It > could in an email header: > > X-oldie-warning: Toothless but still vicious > > or > > X-Debian-oldie: My aptitude will outdo yours
I like that one. :-D > Even > > X-oldie-gloat: You're still working? > > or > > X-oldie-plea: Work harder. Support my pension > > > > > What advice are you referring to exactly? You do know that > > > > > > That almost everyone should sign up for whitelist? Maybe you didn't say > > > that exactly but some people seemed to draw that conclusion. > > > > I suggested it as maybe something to consider. > > You did, but then went on to say > > - besides everyone should be on the whitelist if posting to the list > regularly. OK. That had been what I was told some time ago. Just took it at face value without checking. So our 80 year old friend has good memory. > > On the other hand you did help to clear up the question of what the > whitelist is for, even eliciting an 'official' answer. I noticed that ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140405021304.GB32650@Jessie