Good morning
I believe that this email was sent to me in error.
Yes I have just signed up as a "newbie" but no I did not write the article
below to which you are replying.
Regards
David Hulme
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
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Sent: 14 August 2000 10:49
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] *delicate cough*
Couldn't find the message that you refer to, all I could find was
this (extract) from the lists page
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3
Support Lists
These lists can be used for free support:
The first list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is
for beginners.
There is also a list for more experienced
users : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> I believe if you go back to the 'newbie archive' from the mandrake home
> page, you'll find a message in this thread that talks about newbies and
the
> importance of talking about every aspect of computing and how it compares
to
> the Linux- Mandrake model (not quite in those words). It's not off-topic
to
> talk about how other OS's compare because most people are still using
> Windows if not dual booting.
>
> Mike
>
>
> > Aren't we all forgetting a couple of important issues here ?
> > 1) What is the name of this group ?
> > 2) Who hosts it ?
> >
> > It is my impression that Mandrake provided this platform for Mandrake
> newbies
> > to get and give assistance with problems that they might have, I feel
that
> > prolonged off-topic threads are an abuse of the service that they
provide
> at no
> > cost to the user.
> > To use the forum to post abuse is IMHO a shameful abuse of a valuable
> resource.
> > E mail addresses are visible in the headers, so can be abusive off-list
> there is
> > no need to lower standards by entering into flame wars, it serves no
> useful
> > purpose and only serves to discredit the group as a whole.
> >
