Charlie wrote:
The client-side doesn't mind receiving a couple of OT messages but unfortunately the action must be implemented by the sender of the message.On January 6, 2003 06:55 am, Robin Turner wrote: <snip>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.
If the OT gets too frequent; as it sometimes does on one of the lists I'm subscribed to, I just activate an "OT pop filter" in K-Mail and it never leaves the mail server.Wouldn't that be nice if the POP mail system could do that! In my experience, using Netscape and Mozilla mail, I either download all the messages from the ISP or none.
> Usually (once a week or thereabouts) I'll use the ISP's web-mail interface
and delete the 'download later' messages after browsing through them for any interesting tidbits.Would love to do that but decent bandwidth in this country is non existent and expensive to boot to use the POTS.
The 'wild hair' was actually across my brain and wallet when I realized I had just spent a fortune downloading a whole lot of OT messages.I'd never characterize Anne as any sort of nuisance. The occasional OT on this list is nearly always fun; at least until some "list Nazi" gets a "wild hair across his arse."I do not want to be a nuisance to others, but nor should they be a nuisance to me.
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.
Hear ,Hear
Total agreement.CONTINUED discussion needs banning yes, as I mean, how long/many messages can it take to convince someone it is up to personal preference.
If I recall rightly, the whole thing started with a question about KDE or GNOME - that is one subject we should definitely ban ;-)
That was one. Another was a (sort of) reference to a tag at the end of a post mentioning that I was going to see Star Trek Nemesis on opening night. I dropped the subject in deference to others that hadn't seen it yet, but wanted to, so I wouldn't spoil it for them.I am sure some Trekkers are glad you didn't spoil it for them. I personally do not think it has anything to do with the linux [newbie] group.
I didn't think much of the movie BTW. I'm glad it wasn't my money that paid admission for it. <g>
Sir Robin
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