On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:23:31 GMT, Howard Brazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 9-Jun-2005, "Robert Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Top posting only >> >> Some groups have a convention where they put "OT" at the front of the >> title for off-topic posts, so those that aren't interested can easily >> ignore them. > >IBM-MAIN has an alternative that's not available to most newsgroups: > >If you are completely off topic, you can choose to respond to this newsgroup, >but not to this listserver. Still use the OT: prefix as lots of us read >messages via the newsgroup, and reply to the listserver. But don't post OT >messages to the listserver. > That will save you from the wrath of Darren and keep the archives clean, but that still doesn't make it appropriate. Many people that use IBM-MAIN monitor via the NG and I know most of them don't like the garbage either. The garbage also ends up in google which muddies google searches. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Programming expert at http://Search390.com/ateExperts/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
