Re: definition of "hair trigger" (was Re: traffic)

1999-03-01 Thread Andrew Bell \[4036\]
On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 06:39:17PM +, Bennett Todd wrote: > 1999-03-01-01:21:03 Juergen Leising: > > just for interest - can somebody please explain to me, what a "hair trigger" > > is? > In common usage, it describes something that's easy to set off, a delicate > sensor, etc. In this instanc

definition of "hair trigger" (was Re: traffic)

1999-03-01 Thread Bennett Todd
1999-03-01-01:21:03 Juergen Leising: > just for interest - can somebody please explain to me, what a "hair trigger" > is? In common usage, it describes something that's easy to set off, a delicate sensor, etc. In this instance, someone was using the phrase to claim that the mailing list is too se

Re: traffic

1999-03-01 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 03:00:31PM +0100, Peter van Dijk wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 10:44:17AM +, Steve Kennedy wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 02:21:03AM +0100, Juergen Leising wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 05:33:32PM -0500, Randall J. Million wrote: > > > > lists. The automa

Re: traffic

1999-03-01 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 10:44:17AM +, Steve Kennedy wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 02:21:03AM +0100, Juergen Leising wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 05:33:32PM -0500, Randall J. Million wrote: > > > lists. The automatic removal system has a hair trigger. > > just for interest - can som

Re: traffic

1999-03-01 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 02:21:03AM +0100, Juergen Leising wrote: > On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 05:33:32PM -0500, Randall J. Million wrote: > > lists. The automatic removal system has a hair trigger. > just for interest - can somebody please explain to me, what a > "hair trigger" is? Was a scri

Hair Trigger (was Re: traffic)

1999-02-28 Thread Randall J. Million
> just for interest - can somebody please explain to me, what a > "hair trigger" is? American English slang for something or someone that is very easy to set off. randy -- Five hundred, twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes, how do you measure...? [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: traffic

1999-02-28 Thread Juergen Leising
On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 05:33:32PM -0500, Randall J. Million wrote: > lists. The automatic removal system has a hair trigger. Hi, just for interest - can somebody please explain to me, what a "hair trigger" is? Thank you. juergen. -- ***

Re: traffic

1999-02-28 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 05:33:32PM -0500, Randall J. Million wrote: > > I keep subscribing and then suddenly after a few emails everything > > dries up... Do I get get dropped automatically after a couple of days > > if I don't pick up mail? > No. Your mail address bounced some mail and you were

Re: traffic

1999-02-28 Thread Anonymous
On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 09:57:54PM +, John Poltorak wrote: > Is there much traffic on this list? > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Precedence: bulk > I keep subscribing and then suddenly after a few emails everything > dries up... Do I get get dropped automatically after a couple

Re: traffic

1999-02-27 Thread Randall J. Million
> I keep subscribing and then suddenly after a few emails everything > dries up... Do I get get dropped automatically after a couple of days > if I don't pick up mail? No. Your mail address bounced some mail and you were removed from both lists. The automatic removal system has a hair trigger.

traffic

1999-02-27 Thread Anonymous
Is there much traffic on this list? Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk I keep subscribing and then suddenly after a few emails everything dries up... Do I get get dropped automatically after a couple of days if I don't pick up mail? I am experincing problems getting mutt to format

traffic

1999-02-27 Thread Anonymous
Is there much traffic on this list? Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk I keep subscribing and then suddenly after a few emails everything dries up... Do I get get dropped automatically after a couple of days if I don't pick up mail? I am experincing problems getting mutt to format