On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 22:58 -0700, Collins Richey wrote: > On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 17:49:23 +1300, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Look it was me who raised the OT-ness of this thread and if you read > > back I kind of withdrew my complaint and apologised. There is a line > > somewhere, and the related problem in this case is how easy it is to get > > info on the pros and cons of mbox vs maildir by a very simple google > > search. > > > > Sorry to be a bugbear. I'm on a lot of other lists, and seldom do I > read on those lists, go and search somewhere else, we're not > interested, although I understand that is standard practice on Debian > lists. I, for my part, am interested in all things Gentoo and by > extension all things Linux, and as Brett stated, there's always the > chance that someone on the list has a particular Gentoo insight into > the supposedly OT question. > > Sometimes a Google search on common things such as mbox and maildir > can throw out a lot of trivia, perhaps not even including a simple > answer as to why one or the other without a tremendous amount of > digging, whereas a real live body may have the desired simple answer, > and we all (at least the portion of all who doesn't know the answer in > advance) can benefit from the shortcut. > > In conclusion, my OT filter is not as finely tuned as yours.
LOL good way of putting it! good thing we are not all the same, it would be boring! I will shut up now. > > Later, > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
