On Tuesday 24 May 2005 23:50, Bill Moseley wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 08:38:19PM -0400, Michael Marsh wrote: > > Requiring people to subscribe in order to post is worse than annoying. > > Right on. I just want my questions answered. Why should I have to > see all those other people asking for help?
Because this should be a _cooperative_ system. But then, I think you probably agree with me there - I think my finely tuned sarcasm alert just went off :-) People who can't be bothered to subscribe annoy me far more than the spam traffic. I agree with the other poster that gmane is the way to browse posts without having to subscribe, but if you want to ask a question, subscribe... > And if I don't subscribe > I don't even have to see people answer my questions, either. Not to > mention how annoying it is to subscribe -- enter my email address and > then have to reply to a confirmation message. And do it again when > I want to unsubscribe!?! Who has time for that? -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]