Vandaman wrote:
> It will be interesting if things went like so :-
>
> - a CentOS Ivory Tower List for those on top of Ivory Towers.
> - a CentOS OT list full of 419 scammers, salesmen/affiliates posts
> - a CentOS n00b list for n00bs
Nobody ever proposed that.
Ralph
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On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 14:27 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
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> >
> Then we must agree to differ. I consider it thoughtful to tell them once
> what
> is expected of them - and politely, which is not always the case on this or
> any other list I've read. Of course if they persist in breaking the r
On Saturday 04 October 2008 12:09:04 William L. Maltby wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 08:32 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Friday 03 October 2008 21:33:09 Vandaman wrote:
> >
> >
> > > On some mailing lists, long time users are put off by the
> > >
> > > flood of posts by newbies who don't even
On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 08:32 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Friday 03 October 2008 21:33:09 Vandaman wrote:
>
> > On some mailing lists, long time users are put off by the
>
> > flood of posts by newbies who don't even conform to the list
>
> > guidelines. Some pay back by not replying to those
On Friday 03 October 2008 22:23:16 Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 03, 2008, Ned Slider wrote:
> > Vandaman wrote:
> >> Off course people are going to ask. In my opinion as long
> >> as a topic is marked OT, it is preferable to one not marked
> >> but one in which the OP has not even done basic
On Friday 03 October 2008 21:33:09 Vandaman wrote:
> Karanbir Singh wrote:
> > And yea, working on setting up a sort of list to handle
> > much of this semi OT traffic. More news on that around
> > Wed next week, dint ask about it now.
>
> Off course people are going to ask. In my opinion as long
>
Vandaman wrote on Fri, 3 Oct 2008 21:15:36 + (GMT):
> If you cannot understand what is wrong with using
> the mailing list as your first port of call instead
> of a basic google search you may need brain surgery.
Can you please review your behavior and stop this now! Now! Thanks.
Kai
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Bill Campbell wrote:
> Personally I have no problem with the occassional OT thread, and
> think that, within reason, they can make a list more ``friendly''
> and less intimidating to newbies.
> I also prefer more general lists to those that have very tight
> charters as I learn quite a bit when I
Vandaman wrote:
Ned Slider wrote:
It may be preferable to YOU, but marking something
OT doesn't stop it wasting MY bandwidth or clogging
up MY inbox does it?
Your latter point is a separate issue that has no
relevance to this discussion.
If you cannot understand what is wrong with using
Vandaman wrote:
> Karanbir Singh wrote:
>
>> And yea, working on setting up a sort of list to handle
>> much of this semi OT traffic. More news on that around
>> Wed next week, dint ask about it now.
>
> Off course people are going to ask.
your email is just a rant about nonsense and assumpti
On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 14:23 -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
>
> Personally I have no problem with the occassional OT thread, and
> think that, within reason, they can make a list more ``friendly''
> and less intimidating to newbies.
Amen brother!
>
> I also prefer more general lists to those that
On Fri, Oct 03, 2008, Ned Slider wrote:
> Vandaman wrote:
>>
>> Off course people are going to ask. In my opinion as long
>> as a topic is marked OT, it is preferable to one not marked
>> but one in which the OP has not even done basic research on his
>> problem.
>>
>
> It may be preferable to YOU
Ned Slider wrote:
> It may be preferable to YOU, but marking something
> OT doesn't stop it wasting MY bandwidth or clogging
> up MY inbox does it?
> Your latter point is a separate issue that has no
> relevance to this discussion.
>
If you cannot understand what is wrong with using
the mail
Vandaman wrote:
Off course people are going to ask. In my opinion as long
as a topic is marked OT, it is preferable to one not marked
but one in which the OP has not even done basic research
on his problem.
It may be preferable to YOU, but marking something OT doesn't stop it
wasting MY ba
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Vandaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Karanbir Singh wrote:
>
>> And yea, working on setting up a sort of list to handle
>> much of this semi OT traffic. More news on that around
>> Wed next week, dint ask about it now.
>
> Off course people are going to ask. In my o
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