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.
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