On Tuesday 07 January 2003 04:56 am, you wrote: > At 12:22 06/01/03 +0000, you 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? > > ... > > Hi, > > I've been on this list for 2 days. I'm a newbie to MD, trying to convert > from Windoze - Among many other things I've not got the SM56 modem going > yet - guess why! <BG>. > > However I use a dial up connection, and my access time has gone up an order > of magnitude with downloading 500+ emails from this list in 2 days. I > haven't looked at the percentage of OTs to 'real' stuff, but it's not at > all helpful to newbies. There appear to be helpful hints in there but > finding them is not easy. I wonder how many other newbies are being put off > by the sheer volume of OT. I am certainly wondering whether continuing here > is worthwhile - the noise to signal ratio is too high at present. I shall > persist for a short time to see what the norm is - or even who<G> > > Regards, Andy.
Maybe we can start an off topic list that people can optionally subscribe to then the newbie and expert lists can be more strictly policed.We could call it "Mandrake Off Topic" -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Michael Shinobi a.k.a. 'alfalfa' Mandrake 8.2 Kernel-2.4.18-8.1mdk Linux user #298896 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://micronuke.tripod.com/ 01/07/2003 02:37:29 PM 2:37pm up 4:39, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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