Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-03-05 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-02-27 14:57:48, schrieb Andrew Myers: > When you're on the digest that is not an option. Please consider us. :-( Do you know that there is a procmail recipe which split digests in seperated messages? Do not try to find excuses! Here is GNU/Linux country and the Windows Hell! Thanks, Gre

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-03-04 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 01:29:40PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: Doesn't > (2) I'm also finding harder to sift the useful information from the > dross, so I'll post a "me too" message. and > (4) Oh, I've been doing that a lot, I'll post an "I'm sorry". conflict with > (7) I'm such a prick, tha

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-03-02 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2007-03-02, John L Fjellstad wrote: > "Dan H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Is it really dual-ported? Some months ago I posted stuff there that >> obviously nobody saw. > > My understanding is things posted to the mailing list will show up in > the newsgroup, but not the other way around.

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-03-02 Thread John L Fjellstad
"Dan H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is it really dual-ported? Some months ago I posted stuff there that > obviously nobody saw. My understanding is things posted to the mailing list will show up in the newsgroup, but not the other way around. Haven't really checked in awhile, so it might have

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-28 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2007-02-28, Dan H. wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> I hate gmane (or maybe just it's web interface). d-u is dual-ported >> to news:linux.debian.user. That's what I'd use. > > Is it really dual-ported? Some months ago I posted stuff there that > obviously nobody saw. See http://lists.bofh.it/

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-28 Thread Mike McCarty
Steve Lamb wrote: Mike McCarty wrote: Consider posting ON TOPIC. To be on topic one must first know what is off topic. So, please, explain given the often repeated purpose of the list, what exactly constitutes off topic. Remember, "Anything not related to Debian" doesn't count. I'm n

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-28 Thread Dan H.
Ron Johnson wrote: > I hate gmane (or maybe just it's web interface). d-u is dual-ported > to news:linux.debian.user. That's what I'd use. Is it really dual-ported? Some months ago I posted stuff there that obviously nobody saw. --D. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-27 Thread Steve Lamb
Mike McCarty wrote: > Consider posting ON TOPIC. To be on topic one must first know what is off topic. So, please, explain given the often repeated purpose of the list, what exactly constitutes off topic. Remember, "Anything not related to Debian" doesn't count. -- Steve C. Lamb

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-27 Thread Håkon Alstadheim
Paul Johnson wrote: > Andrew Myers wrote: > > >> When you're on the digest that is not an option. Please consider us. :-( >> > Yes, actually, it is, the same as it is for everybody else. > > You're supposed to undigest digests back into their component messages after > receiving the digest

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-27 Thread Paul Johnson
We all read from top down. Please adjust your quoting appropriately. http://wiki.ursine.ca/Best_Online_Quoting_Practices Andrew Myers wrote: > "Cybe R. Wizard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>> It's >>> getting a little difficult to find the ON topic posts. >>> >>> Mike > >>Three words: filter, f

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-27 Thread Paul Johnson
Mike McCarty wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: >> >> Consider KMail or read the list via a news reader on >> nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user > > Consider posting ON TOPIC. I'm not particularly off topic. Try reading the list description. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-27 Thread Mike McCarty
Paul Johnson wrote: Consider KMail or read the list via a news reader on nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user Consider posting ON TOPIC. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} Oppose globalization and One World Governments like the UN. This message

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-27 Thread Greg Folkert
On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 10:56 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > Consider KMail or read the list via a news reader on > > nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user > > Consider posting ON TOPIC. >From here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/ debian-user mailing

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-27 Thread Mike McCarty
Paul Johnson wrote: Mike McCarty wrote: I joined here in order to learn a little bit better how to help my girlfriend administer her Debian machine, especially since I'm the one who recommended that she use Debian. I'm as loathe as anyone to stifle any impetus to communicate here, but I'm begi

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-27 Thread Paul Johnson
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Mike McCarty wrote: > >> I'm as loathe >> as anyone to stifle any impetus to communicate here, but I'm >> beginning to wonder whether the amount of posting on religion/ >> atheism, the price of gasoline, abortion, politics in general, >> and other such topics isn't

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-27 Thread Paul Johnson
Mike McCarty wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> >> On 02/26/07 16:57, Mike McCarty wrote: > > [snip] > >>>and other such topics isn't beginning to make the S/N ratio bad. It's >>>getting a little difficult to find the ON topic posts. >> >> Mozilla won't (AFAICT) let you ignore threads, but it will

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-27 Thread Paul Johnson
Mike McCarty wrote: > I joined here in order to learn a little bit better how to help > my girlfriend administer her Debian machine, especially since > I'm the one who recommended that she use Debian. I'm as loathe > as anyone to stifle any impetus to communicate here, but I'm > beginning to wonde

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-27 Thread Håkon Alstadheim
Andrew Myers wrote: [somebody wrote "filter filter filter" > When you're on the digest that is not an option. Please consider us. :-( Well, duh, you run some kind of *nix don't you ? Assuming you have procmail and formail available, you set up a procmail rule to feed the digests to formail, and f

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-27 Thread Paul Johnson
Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/26/07 17:26, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: >> Mike McCarty wrote: >> >>> I'm as loathe >>> as anyone to stifle any impetus to communicate here, but I'm >>> beginning to wonder whether the amount of posting on religion/

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-27 Thread Paul Johnson
Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/26/07 17:31, Mike McCarty wrote: >> Ron Johnson wrote: >>> >>> On 02/26/07 16:57, Mike McCarty wrote: >> >> [snip] >> and other such topics isn't beginning to make the S/N ratio bad. It's getting a little d

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-26 Thread John L Fjellstad
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I hate gmane (or maybe just it's web interface). d-u is dual-ported > to news:linux.debian.user. That's what I'd use. People actually use gmane over the web interface? Just subscribe to it as you would any other newsgroup by adding news.gmane.org as a

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-26 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I hate gmane (or maybe just it's web interface). Try it with NNTP at news.gmane.org. Its indistinguishable from mailing lists/newsgroups, at least in Sylpheed-claws. Cybe R. Wizard -- When Windows are opened the bugs come in. Winduhs -- To UNS

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Excellent point. We hasn't thought of that. On 02/26/07 21:57, Andrew Myers wrote: > When you're on the digest that is not an option. Please consider us. :-( > > "Cybe R. Wizard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>> It's >>> getting a little difficult t

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-26 Thread Andrew Myers
When you're on the digest that is not an option. Please consider us. :-( "Cybe R. Wizard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: It's getting a little difficult to find the ON topic posts. Mike Three words: filter, filter, filter. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/26/07 17:26, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Mike McCarty wrote: > >> I'm as loathe >> as anyone to stifle any impetus to communicate here, but I'm >> beginning to wonder whether the amount of posting on religion/ >> atheism, the price of gasolin

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/26/07 17:31, Mike McCarty wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> >> On 02/26/07 16:57, Mike McCarty wrote: > > [snip] > >>> and other such topics isn't beginning to make the S/N ratio bad. It's >>> getting a little difficult to find the ON topic posts.

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-26 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > It's > getting a little difficult to find the ON topic posts. > > Mike Three words: filter, filter, filter. Cybe R. Wizard -- When Windows are opened the bugs come in. Winduhs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-26 Thread Mike McCarty
Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/26/07 16:57, Mike McCarty wrote: [snip] and other such topics isn't beginning to make the S/N ratio bad. It's getting a little difficult to find the ON topic posts. Mozilla won't (AFAICT) let you ignore threads, but it will let you collapse them. So, collapse the

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-26 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Mike McCarty wrote: > I'm as loathe > as anyone to stifle any impetus to communicate here, but I'm > beginning to wonder whether the amount of posting on religion/ > atheism, the price of gasoline, abortion, politics in general, > and other such topics isn't beginning to make the S/N ratio bad. It

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/26/07 16:57, Mike McCarty wrote: > I joined here in order to learn a little bit better how to help > my girlfriend administer her Debian machine, especially since > I'm the one who recommended that she use Debian. I'm as loathe > as anyone to sti