Anne Wilson wrote:
It was never my intention to set off such a long OT, but it is harmless. For those who find it a problem it is a simple matter to set a filter that ignores such posts - correct me if I'm wrong?If people remember to put "OT" in the header, yes. However, I'm not sure how you do it client-side to prevent the message from being downloaded in the first place, which is the real problem for people with low (and maybe expensive) bandwidth.
Quite. I don't mind people requesting that a discussion should be continued elsewhere, but they should be polite about it, especially when some of the participants have "paid their dues" on this list enough to be allowed to indulge in a little silliness on occasion.
I do not want to be a nuisance to others, but nor should they be a nuisance to me.
If I recall rightly, the whole thing started with a question about KDE or GNOME - that is one subject we should definitely ban ;-)
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