Beau Kuiper writes:
>
> Yeah, isn't it about time we all forgot about this off-topic stuff. No
> matter what
> we do, we will always get off-topic posts from newbies, ppl with nothing
> better to do,
> and ppl who don't know better. The traffic generated by all these replies far
> outweighs the original off-topic post, and IMHO, are much more annoying than
> the original post. Lets try to show some restrait and ignore off-topic posts.
>
When I see an off topic Linux related question, I reply privatly to the
poster, firstly mentioning that the post was off topic, and don't post
followups, and then try and answer the question the best I can.
I think this is the best way of dealing with them. Followups to the list
are not useful.
Al
