RE: How to handle OT spam on a mail list

2008-03-30 Thread JT Moree
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Josef Lowder wrote: Well, as a general guideline, perhaps; but as has been discussed here before, sometimes a quick and simple top post does have some benefits. rarely. It's usually because people are too lazy to clean up the excess and

RE: How to handle OT spam on a mail list

2008-03-30 Thread Josef Lowder
Ok ... call me lazy. Whatever you say, JT. ;) --- On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, JT Moree wrote Josef Lowder wrote: Well, as a general guideline, perhaps; but as has been discussed here before, sometimes a quick and simple top post does have some benefits.

Re: How to handle OT spam on a mail list

2008-03-30 Thread Joshua Zeidner
you should write a utility to do that automatically! I would suggest using the BSD license in order not to disclude future profits. ;) -jmz On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Josef Lowder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok ... call me lazy. Whatever you say, JT. ;)

Re: How to handle OT spam on a mail list

2008-03-30 Thread JD Austin
Josef Lowder wrote: Ok ... call me lazy. Whatever you say, JT. ;) --- On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, JT Moree wrote Josef Lowder wrote: Well, as a general guideline, perhaps; but as has been discussed here before, sometimes a quick and simple top post does

Re: How to handle OT spam on a mail list

2008-03-30 Thread Craig White
On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 17:36 -0700, JD Austin wrote: Josef Lowder wrote: Ok ... call me lazy. Whatever you say, JT. ;) --- On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, JT Moree wrote Josef Lowder wrote: Well, as a general guideline, perhaps; but

RE: How to handle OT spam on a mail list

2008-03-29 Thread Josef Lowder
. On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:52, Dennis Kibbe wrote ... it's a list for Linux users of all levels from Linux graybeards to Ubuntu newbies. One thing that PLUG can't afford is to alienate its new users. Amen Dennis. And nothing alienates new and old users more than flames and ego-centric

How to handle OT spam on a mail list

2008-03-28 Thread Dennis Kibbe
Mail clients, like Evolution T'bird are not designed to handle mail lists where you receive a large volume of mail that can clog your inbox and which is often off topic. One way to get around this problem is to read the list with a newsreader like pan or gnus (Emacs). You can do this at

Re: How to handle OT spam on a mail list

2008-03-28 Thread Joshua Zeidner
On 27 Mar 2008 21:50:58 -0700, Dennis Kibbe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mail clients, like Evolution T'bird are not designed to handle mail lists where you receive a large volume of mail that can clog your inbox and which is often off topic. Dennis, Herein lies the problem- the sematics of

Re: How to handle OT spam on a mail list

2008-03-28 Thread Kevin Faulkner
Calm down guy. All he did was point out a problem that exists on mailing lists. He didn't point fingers or anything, you interpreted it differently. Here this is more constructive. Thank you Dennis for pointing this out to me. On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:43:27PM -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: On

Re: How to handle OT spam on a mail list

2008-03-28 Thread koder
On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 12:43 -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote: On 27 Mar 2008 21:50:58 -0700, Dennis Kibbe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mail clients, like Evolution T'bird are not designed to handle mail lists where you receive a large volume of mail that can clog your inbox and which is often

Re: How to handle OT spam on a mail list

2008-03-28 Thread Joshua Zeidner
Kevin, Sorry if you misread that as an attempt to insult Dennis. Im certainly not invalidating his contribution here, but it should be noted that I find the understandings of things like 'spam' and 'off topic' are a bit crude amongst the participants on this list. 'Spam', 'Off topic' and

RE: How to handle OT spam on a mail list

2008-03-28 Thread Dennis Kibbe
On 27 Mar 2008 21:50:58 -0700, Dennis Kibbe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mail clients, like Evolution T'bird are not designed to handle mail lists where you receive a large volume of mail that can clog your inbox and which is often off topic. Dennis, Herein lies the problem- the sematics of