Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-22 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
ed tharp schrieb am 22 Sep 2003 07:17:11 -0400: > Thank God I knew a Wolfgang there, about the same time frame (late > 60s early 70s), I wouldn't want _my_ past to effect the present... That bad? I still have a loose contact to one of the US guys from that times, he's living in Dayton, Ohio.

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-22 Thread ed tharp
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 03:09, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > ed tharp schrieb am 21 Sep 2003 21:03:49 -0400: > > > not Hochspier in the Pfalzerwald? > > No. > > wobo > Thank God I knew a Wolfgang there, about the same time frame (late 60s early 70s), I wouldn't want _my_ past to effect the prese

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-22 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
ed tharp schrieb am 21 Sep 2003 21:03:49 -0400: > not Hochspier in the Pfalzerwald? No. wobo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread ed tharp
On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 20:21, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > ed tharp schrieb am 21 Sep 2003 18:30:48 -0400: > > > don't tell me them crazy Germans or American Military are letting WoBo > > near Nuke Power OMG... > > Not the Germans, but the American Military actually did! I spent some > time bein

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
ed tharp schrieb am 21 Sep 2003 18:30:48 -0400: > don't tell me them crazy Germans or American Military are letting WoBo > near Nuke Power OMG... Not the Germans, but the American Military actually did! I spent some time being liason officer to a USAF group due to the fact that Germans are n

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Dick Gevers
Hallo WoBo, On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 00:20:24 +0200, Wolfgang Bornath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else: >Damn! You caught me! I thought i could gather some DAU[1] points. > >[1] German: Duemmster Anzunehmender User = Dumbest Credible

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread ed tharp
On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 18:20, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > Dick Gevers schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 21:02:59 +: > > > On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:23:36 -0600, "Charlie M." > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher > > was something

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Dick Gevers schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 21:02:59 +: > On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:23:36 -0600, "Charlie M." > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher > was something else: > > >September 21, 2003 11:30 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: >

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 21, 2003 02:28 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 11:23, Charlie M. wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > September 21, 2003 11:30 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > > Charlie M. schrieb am Sun, 21

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 21, 2003 03:02 pm, Dick Gevers wrote: > Hi Charlie, Hi WoBo, > > On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:23:36 -0600, "Charlie M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote about Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else:

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Dick Gevers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Charlie, Hi WoBo, On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:23:36 -0600, "Charlie M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else: >September 21, 2003 11:30 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: >> Charlie

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 11:23, Charlie M. wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > September 21, 2003 11:30 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > Charlie M. schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 10:48:51 -0600: > > > > Sorry for top-posting: > > Since it's going to happen again wobo it's OK. >

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 5:48 pm, Charlie M. wrote: > > This is something that I add to all systems that I help new > converts with. OK - We had covered quite a few of the points, but I've put on a slightly shortened version of the section on asking for help - shorter because your version has a pe

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 21, 2003 11:55 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 5:48 pm, Charlie M. wrote: > > This is something that I add to all systems that I help new > > converts with. > > I'll try to compare this with the existing script and see what we

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 21, 2003 11:30 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > Charlie M. schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 10:48:51 -0600: > > Sorry for top-posting: Since it's going to happen again wobo it's OK. > Nice text and covering nearly all aspects for a list noob. > >

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 5:48 pm, Charlie M. wrote: > > This is something that I add to all systems that I help new > converts with. I'll try to compare this with the existing script and see what we have missed. Give me a few hours, then check and comment as necessary Anne -- Registered Linux Us

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 6:25 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > Anne Wilson schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:04:03 +0100: > > On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 3:38 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > > But, if someone reads our entire list and gets to a link at the > > > bottom, they can, if interested, look into it more. We co

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Rolf Pedersen
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 3:38 pm, Eric Huff wrote: Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more thorough authority. HTML http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3 Not to be a spoil sport but isn't this a bit much?

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Charlie M. schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 10:48:51 -0600: Sorry for top-posting: Nice text and covering nearly all aspects for a list noob. Just a short hint at a missing word: > 6.) Forget anything you may have been accustomed to in Windows. In > Windows if you clicked on an MP3 file for example,

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Anne Wilson schrieb am Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:04:03 +0100: > On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 3:38 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > > > But, if someone reads our entire list and gets to a link at the > > bottom, they can, if interested, look into it more. We could > > expand the "The 'rules' of internet usage..." lin

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 21, 2003 01:37 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 4:25 am, Michael Adams wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 15:36:47 -0700 > > > > James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 13:32, Eric Huff wrote: > > > >

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Eric Huff
> > > > > > > Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 > > I personally also prefer the informal. > > But, if someone reads our entire list and gets to a link at the > > bottom, they can, if interested, look into it more. We could > > expand the "The 'rules' of internet usage..." line

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 3:38 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > > > > > Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such > > > > > > as this one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a > > > > > > more thorough authority. > > > > > > > > > > > > HTML > > > > > > http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3 >

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Eric Huff
> > > > > Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as > > > > > this one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more > > > > > thorough authority. > > > > > > > > > > HTML > > > > > http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3 > > > Not to be a spoil sport but isn't this a bit much? 6

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Richard Urwin
On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 8:37 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > Give it > today to get some opinions, then I'll go with the majority. A link to the RFC is good. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 4:25 am, Michael Adams wrote: > On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 15:36:47 -0700 > > James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 13:32, Eric Huff wrote: > > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEti > > >quette > > > > > > > Would a link to

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-21 Thread Michael Adams
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 15:36:47 -0700 James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 13:32, Eric Huff wrote: > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette > > > > > Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this > > > one be relevant

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-20 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 13:32, Eric Huff wrote: > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette > > > Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this > > one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more thorough > > authority. > > > > HTML > > http://www.d

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-20 Thread Eric Huff
> > Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this > > one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more thorough > > authority. > > > > HTML > > http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3 > > > > Plain Text > > http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html > > Done, thanks What? No "You got

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-20 Thread Eric Huff
http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette > Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this > one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more thorough > authority. > > HTML > http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3 > > Plain Text > http://www.faqs.or

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-20 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 20 Sep 2003 8:51 pm, Michael Adams wrote: > Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as this one > be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more thorough authority. > > HTML > http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3 > > Plain Text > http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html D

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-20 Thread Michael Adams
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:26:24 +0100 Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 19 Sep 2003 1:09 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListE > > > > >tiquette > > > Also was the info on Hijacking left out intentionally? > > > >

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-20 Thread Vincent Danen
On Sat Sep 20, 2003 at 12:28:16AM -0700, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > Anne looks good. Vincent, Who would be the one who could possibly make > > > a link from the sympa signup page to this page. Won't do us any good if > > > no one reads it. Better yet, would be if it could get put into the >

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-20 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 12:06, Vincent Danen wrote: > On Fri Sep 19, 2003 at 11:20:30AM -0700, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > > > > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListE > > > > > > >tiquette > > > > > Also was the info on Hijacking left out intentionally? > > > > > >

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-19 Thread Vincent Danen
On Fri Sep 19, 2003 at 11:20:30AM -0700, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListE > > > > > >tiquette > > > > Also was the info on Hijacking left out intentionally? > > > > > > Left to me, I think, and I'll do it today. I haven't checke

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-19 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 05:26, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 19 Sep 2003 1:09 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListE > > > > >tiquette > > > Also was the info on Hijacking left out intentionally? > > > > Left to me, I think, and I

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-19 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 19 Sep 2003 1:09 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > > > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListE > > > >tiquette > > Also was the info on Hijacking left out intentionally? > > Left to me, I think, and I'll do it today. I haven't checked the > page yet, but if it'

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-19 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 19 Sep 2003 10:50 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 02:29, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 20:49, Eric Huff wrote: > > > > Eric, I still have a text file that I used when asked to > > > > reply to the hijack problem. If you get started on the > > > > e

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-19 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 02:29, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 20:49, Eric Huff wrote: > > > Eric, I still have a text file that I used when asked to reply to the > > > hijack problem. If you get started on the etiquette page, I'll put > > > that on if you like. > > > > That would

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-19 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 20:49, Eric Huff wrote: > > Eric, I still have a text file that I used when asked to reply to the > > hijack problem. If you get started on the etiquette page, I'll put > > that on if you like. > > That would be great! Your responses on hijacking have been more > complete

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread Eric Huff
> Eric, I still have a text file that I used when asked to reply to the > hijack problem. If you get started on the etiquette page, I'll put > that on if you like. That would be great! Your responses on hijacking have been more complete than mine... Here is the etiquette page: http://mandrak

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 04:30, HaywireMac wrote: > On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 03:07:51 -0400 (EDT) > Bill Mullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > Excellent idea. Maybe something about unsetting 'Reply-To:', as well. > > :) > > *That* drives me even more nuts than hijacking, and waay more nuts > than

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 18 Sep 2003 3:42 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > I had planned to put a list etiquette page on the twiki, but only > got as far as a place holder. Soon, one of us will get it there, > but it would still need visibility on welcome page for the absolute > newbies to see it. Eric, I still have

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread Eric Huff
> > Is there any way to get this sort of thing in the welcome letters? > > I have to admit, i didn't know about hijacking til the 1st time i > > turned threading on and saw my own hijack > > Excellent idea. Maybe something about unsetting 'Reply-To:', as well. > :) I had planned to put a lis

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread HaywireMac
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:29:05 -0700 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Ok, Haywire is list nazi on newbie this week, i'll pipe in here. I am *always* list Nazi, I just miss some sometimes ;-) -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread HaywireMac
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 03:07:51 -0400 (EDT) Bill Mullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Excellent idea. Maybe something about unsetting 'Reply-To:', as well. > :) *That* drives me even more nuts than hijacking, and waay more nuts than html, since I never even notice html unless I actually look at

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 00:07, Bill Mullen wrote: > On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Eric Huff wrote: > > > Is there any way to get this sort of thing in the welcome letters? I > > have to admit, i didn't know about hijacking til the 1st time i turned > > threading on and saw my own hijack > > Excellent i

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-18 Thread Bill Mullen
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Eric Huff wrote: > Is there any way to get this sort of thing in the welcome letters? I > have to admit, i didn't know about hijacking til the 1st time i turned > threading on and saw my own hijack Excellent idea. Maybe something about unsetting 'Reply-To:', as well. :)

Re: [expert] hijacking: was Gopher was something else

2003-09-17 Thread Eric Huff
Ok, Haywire is list nazi on newbie this week, i'll pipe in here. I have seen 3 hijacked threads today. Please, when you want to start a new thread in a mailing list, click new. If you click reply and then change the subject, the email shows up in the middle of the thread. Is there any way to g