No you don't. Just set your email host up with the filters you want. It's
not at all hard unless you have a retarded server. *shrugs*
It's not just about OT messages. If a list is moderated then fine let it
be moderated. If not then anything that even vaugely relates should be
fine. When people start telling others what they can or can't talk about
then things just go to hell w/ flame wars etc. A new list is great but
that doesn't mean everyone should stop the current thread. You post
messages to a list for the benefit of that list seeing and
responding. Sending to a blank new list is pointless.
*^*^*^*
Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sungod robes
on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little
pickles at you? -- Real Genius
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Austin L. Denyer wrote:
>
>
> > So run your email through a filter before downloading it? Combine that
> > with serious bitching at your phone company for being overpriced.
>
> For a start, I would have to download at least the headers (which are often
> several k) in order to filter.
>
> Secondly, International roaming rates are dictaded by the TelCos that the
> call gets routed through. When I was in Italy for example, the price was
> mainly down to the overhead charged to my provider by TIM (the cellular
> carrier for that part of Italy).
>
> Thirdly, you are missing the point completely. Why should hundreds of list
> users be inconvenienced for the sake of a handful of inconsiderate
> individuals who can't take their off-topic crap to private e-mail?
>
> I signed up to this list for Linux information, and I'm sure that the
> majority of the other list members signed up for the same reason. If a user
> sends off-topic information to the list then he is effectively SPAMMING the
> list. To me, spammers remind me of something I occasionally pick up on my
> shoe in the gutter - very unpleasant, especially on a hot day...
>
> There are already a couple of list members who are in my killfile for this
> kind of behavior. My fingers are itching to add a few more.
>
> This whole thing reminds me of an occasion when a woman was raped in Central
> Park. The general attitude was not condemnation of the evil bastards that
> committed the crime, but rather that it was her own fault for walking
> through Central Park on her own. Attitudes like that disgust me.
>
> Bandwidth is not currently a problem for me personally as I have a permanent
> ADSL connection in my home (as long as I'm in Windoze - the ADSL modem is a
> USB version that does not work under Linux, so I'm stuck at 56k for the
> Penguin). I'm more concerned about users who may be in the position that I
> was a few years ago. Remember too that many countries do not have free
> local calls - they get charged by the minute for their on-line time.
>
> Personally, I don't care if you talk about politics, walking your dog, how
> to get a few extra horsepower out of your big-block Chevy, or your favorite
> lovemaking position. Just don't do it on this list.
>
> I have even offered to set up a seperate list for off-topic posts, as soon
> as my system is up full-time. That offer still stands, as soon as I have
> the hardware to do it - this machine is being switched between operating
> systems too often at the moment.
>
> ObLinux - if anyone knows how to get the above mentioned modem (Efficient
> Networks SpeedStream 4060 ADSL, USB interface) to work under Linux, please
> let me know...
>
> Regards,
> Ozz.
>
>
>
