On this mailing list [was: How to ask a question?]

2025-07-27 Thread tomas
On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 11:11:11PM +0200, Anders Andersson wrote: [...] > The Debian user mailing list is one of the worse examples in my > (limited) experience [...] > For specific questions it may be better to try the stack exchange > network, which is designed for that purpose [...] Interest

Changing subject line in this mailing list [WAS Re: To change subject line or not]

2025-01-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 12:53:43AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > The argument does still stand that most archivers — including the one > used by Debian for its lists — do better than gmail et al, though. So it > comes down to inconveniencing actual list members vs future archive > readers. >

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-11 Thread berenger . morel
Le 10.03.2014 18:13, Jonathan Dowland a écrit : On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 05:23:59PM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 07.03.2014 21:27, Mr Queue a écrit : >You sent this mail using Thunderbird. You are wrong. I sent this mail using rouncube, a webmail. Forgive Mr Queue's mistake

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-11 Thread Jonathan Dowland
I've just noticed that the snippet I quote of my procmailrc is out of context and lacks the match sigil. Here's my actual recipe. I prefer all my lists under a sub-folder 'l' (and I use / as my IMAP folder separator character). You may wish to use some other scheme and possibly manipulate the list

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-10 Thread Tom Furie
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 05:11:05PM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 07:24:36PM +, Tom Furie wrote: > > This is the snippet from my .procmailrc for handling Debian mailing > > lists. Each list gets sorted into it's own directory. > > > > :0 > > * ^List-id: > > * ^List-i

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-10 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 11:01:51AM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: I know that some MUAs are able to do such kind of filtering automatically, but I am using a webmail (roundcube) most of the time, which have less features, but have the same configuration and d

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-10 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 11:01:51AM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > I know that some MUAs are able to do such kind of filtering > automatically, but I am using a webmail (roundcube) most of the > time, which have less features, but have the same configuration and > display on all compu

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-10 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 05:23:59PM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Le 07.03.2014 21:27, Mr Queue a écrit : > >You sent this mail using Thunderbird. > > You are wrong. I sent this mail using rouncube, a webmail. Forgive Mr Queue's mistake, it was an innocent one, because your MUA is

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-10 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 07:24:36PM +, Tom Furie wrote: > This is the snippet from my .procmailrc for handling Debian mailing > lists. Each list gets sorted into it's own directory. > > :0 > * ^List-id: > * ^List-id: $MAILDIR/.Debian.$MATCH/ The only problem with that is that anyone can send

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-10 Thread berenger . morel
Le 08.03.2014 02:38, Chris Bannister a écrit : On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 02:28:21PM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Ok, I see. Well, asking did not cost a lot, and now I know that it will not be made to avoid "bloating" subject field. No. It is because there are *already* sufficien

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-10 Thread berenger . morel
Le 07.03.2014 21:27, Mr Queue a écrit : On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:28:21 +0100 berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Sounds like I'll have to ask to the admin of my mail account to implement something to have some filters, or to bother with mess and spams for ages ( other solution is to unsubscrib

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 02:28:21PM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Ok, I see. Well, asking did not cost a lot, and now I know that it > will not be made to avoid "bloating" subject field. No. It is because there are *already* sufficient headers for this purpose. Besides, remember the

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 07 mar 14, 21:48:09, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2014-03-07 at 14:27 -0600, Mr Queue wrote: > > On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:28:21 +0100 > > berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > > > [snip] > > [snip] > > Some people perhaps dislike to have a folder for everything, they > perhaps prefer t

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-07 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 07 March 2014 20:27:56 Mr Queue wrote: > On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:28:21 +0100 > > berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > Sounds like I'll have to ask to the admin of my mail account to > > implement something to have some filters, or to bother with mess > > and spams for ages ( other solu

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2014-03-07 at 14:27 -0600, Mr Queue wrote: > On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:28:21 +0100 > berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > [snip] > [snip] Some people perhaps dislike to have a folder for everything, they perhaps prefer to have just a few folders and prefer to take care about the subjec

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-07 Thread Mr Queue
On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:28:21 +0100 berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Sounds like I'll have to ask to the admin of my mail account to > implement something to have some filters, or to bother with mess and > spams for ages ( other solution is to unsubscribe, but I do not > really like this id

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-07 Thread berenger . morel
Le 06.03.2014 23:36, Andrei POPESCU a écrit : On Jo, 06 mar 14, 19:27:37, Brian wrote: On Thu 06 Mar 2014 at 11:01:51 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > As I am starting to subscribe to various mailing lists, I have > noticed that some uses a kind of tag in subjects. Obviously, it

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 06 mar 14, 19:27:37, Brian wrote: > On Thu 06 Mar 2014 at 11:01:51 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > As I am starting to subscribe to various mailing lists, I have > > noticed that some uses a kind of tag in subjects. Obviously, it is > > added by the ml-engine, not by users

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-06 Thread Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com
On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:08:03 -0800 David Guntner wrote: > berenger.mo...@neutralite.org grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > Hello. > > > > As I am starting to subscribe to various mailing lists, I have > > noticed that some uses a kind of tag in subjects. Obviously, it is > > added by the ml-engin

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-06 Thread Mr Queue
#x27;s initial mail snipped a bit for clarity. Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:01:51 +0100 From: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org To: Subject: feature request for this mailing list Message-ID: X-Sender: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20110929 Thu

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-06 Thread Brian
On Thu 06 Mar 2014 at 11:01:51 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > As I am starting to subscribe to various mailing lists, I have > noticed that some uses a kind of tag in subjects. Obviously, it is > added by the ml-engine, not by users. You've missed the tenth aniversary :) https:

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-06 Thread Tom Furie
On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 11:08:03AM -0800, David Guntner wrote: > I use Procmail to do my mail filtering for me. The recipe I use is: > > # Debian list processing > # Look for the list address here and put them in their own file > :0: > * ^TO_ .*@lists.debian.org > $MAILDIR/debian/ This is the s

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-06 Thread David Guntner
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > Hello. > > As I am starting to subscribe to various mailing lists, I have noticed > that some uses a kind of tag in subjects. Obviously, it is added by the > ml-engine, not by users. > I am also receiving more and more spam since 2 mont

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-06 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 06/03/14 21:01, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Hello. > > As I am starting to subscribe to various mailing lists, I have noticed > that some uses a kind of tag in subjects. Obviously, it is added by the > ml-engine, not by users. Yes. My local LUG and other lists do the same thing - ap

Re: feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-06 Thread Alan Chandler
On 06/03/14 10:01, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Hello. > > As I am starting to subscribe to various mailing lists, I have noticed that some uses a kind of tag in subjects. Obviously, it is added by the ml-engine, not by users. > I am also receiving more and more spam since 2 months. I

feature request for this mailing list

2014-03-06 Thread berenger . morel
Hello. As I am starting to subscribe to various mailing lists, I have noticed that some uses a kind of tag in subjects. Obviously, it is added by the ml-engine, not by users. I am also receiving more and more spam since 2 months. I guess my address was sold to or found by some f** spammers

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-27 Thread Mika Suomalainen
On 27.04.2012 18:59, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:39:07 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > >> On 27.04.2012 17:05, Camaleón wrote: > > (...) > According to "dispmua" (package: xul-ext-dispmua), >>> >>> I didn't know about such a package existed (he, he... I wonder what >>> icon di

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-27 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:39:07 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > On 27.04.2012 17:05, Camaleón wrote: (...) >>> According to "dispmua" (package: xul-ext-dispmua), >> >> I didn't know about such a package existed (he, he... I wonder what >> icon displays with my posts ;-P) > > It looks like news p

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-27 Thread Mika Suomalainen
t all of the mail I am >>>> receiving from this mailing list is coming in as attachments to >>>> attachments to a blank email. This mailing list is different than the >>>> others to which I subcribe in that after the index all of the messages >>>> are a

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-27 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:40:32 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > On 25.04.2012 20:34, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:25:19 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: >> >>> I'm not sure where the problem lies, but all of the mail I am >>> receiving from this maili

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list (Solved)

2012-04-25 Thread Gary Roach
Sorry about the Iceweasel. Yes I meant Icedove. I was mucking around with the settings and ran across "Display Attachments Inline" under the View menu. I checked it and the problem went away. I'm not sure why this should make such a difference but it does. The package now works as it should. T

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-25 Thread Mika Suomalainen
On 25.04.2012 20:34, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:25:19 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > >> I'm not sure where the problem lies, but all of the mail I am receiving >> from this mailing list is coming in as attachments to attachments to a >> blank email. This m

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-25 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:25:19 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > I'm not sure where the problem lies, but all of the mail I am receiving > from this mailing list is coming in as attachments to attachments to a > blank email. This mailing list is different than the others to which I >

Re: Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-25 Thread Mika Suomalainen
On 25.04.2012 19:25, Gary Roach wrote: > I'm not sure where the problem lies, but all of the mail I am receiving > from this mailing list is coming in as attachments to attachments to a > blank email. This mailing list is different than the others to which I > subcribe in that af

Iceweasel mess with this mailing list

2012-04-25 Thread Gary Roach
I'm not sure where the problem lies, but all of the mail I am receiving from this mailing list is coming in as attachments to attachments to a blank email. This mailing list is different than the others to which I subcribe in that after the index all of the messages are attachments. A

Re: Getting no reply from this mailing list

2010-03-12 Thread Lisi
On Friday 12 March 2010 02:30:01 S.D.A. wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 02:28:45PM +, Lisi uttered: > > On Thursday 11 March 2010 13:04:03 Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 07:51:26AM -0500, S.D.A. wrote: > > > > I doubt it. GMail recognizes e-mail from the owner of the account a

Re: Getting no reply from this mailing list

2010-03-11 Thread S.D.A.
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 02:28:45PM +, Lisi uttered: > On Thursday 11 March 2010 13:04:03 Osamu Aoki wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 07:51:26AM -0500, S.D.A. wrote: > > > I doubt it. GMail recognizes e-mail from the owner of the account as > > > duplicate,(and doesn't show them, but they're i

Re: Getting no reply from this mailing list

2010-03-11 Thread Lisi
On Thursday 11 March 2010 13:04:03 Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 07:51:26AM -0500, S.D.A. wrote: > > I doubt it. GMail recognizes e-mail from the owner of the account as > > duplicate,(and doesn't show them, but they're in the 'Mail' directory) > > not replies to the original. > > I d

Re: Getting no reply from this mailing list

2010-03-11 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 07:51:26AM -0500, S.D.A. wrote: > I doubt it. GMail recognizes e-mail from the owner of the account as > duplicate,(and doesn't show them, but they're in the 'Mail' directory) > not replies to the original. I do not recall exactly but your pop3 forwarding will not forward m

Re: Getting no reply from this mailing list

2010-03-11 Thread S.D.A.
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 09:30:52PM +0900, Osamu Aoki uttered: > Hi, > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 08:42:59PM -0600, John W Foster wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: surreal > > He told me he did his part subscribing ... > > It may be lost to spam box but f it is not these... > ... >

Re: Getting no reply from this mailing list

2010-03-11 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 08:42:59PM -0600, John W Foster wrote: > -Original Message- > From: surreal He told me he did his part subscribing ... It may be lost to spam box but f it is not these... ... > - > Just a guess but since I see your mail

Re: Getting no reply from this mailing list

2010-03-10 Thread John W Foster
-Original Message- From: surreal To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Getting no reply from this mailing list Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:40:04 +0530 Its a couple of times I have noticed that I am not getting reply in my inbox.. I had raised some queries and people had replied to it

Re: Getting no reply from this mailing list

2010-03-10 Thread surreal
Have you done your part of work Mailing list postings may only be replied to mainling list. Unless you subscribed to mailing list, you do not got replies to mainling list in your mailing list. Yes, i have subscribed to it. You can read mailing list archive at: http://lists.debian.org/d

Re: Getting no reply from this mailing list

2010-03-10 Thread thib
Celejar wrote: What do you mean "manually"? Probably via an archive. The lists servers are fine. You should check your mail filters. -thib -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archiv

Re: Getting no reply from this mailing list

2010-03-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:40:04AM +0530, surreal wrote: > Its a couple of times I have noticed that I am not getting reply in my > inbox.. Have you done your part of work > I had raised some queries and people had replied to it, but I didnt get any > of it in my inbox, had to manually

Re: Getting no reply from this mailing list

2010-03-09 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:40:04 +0530 surreal wrote: > Its a couple of times I have noticed that I am not getting reply in my > inbox.. What do you mean by your inbox? > I had raised some queries and people had replied to it, but I didnt get any > of it in my inbox, had to manually go and see it.

Getting no reply from this mailing list

2010-03-09 Thread surreal
Its a couple of times I have noticed that I am not getting reply in my inbox.. I had raised some queries and people had replied to it, but I didnt get any of it in my inbox, had to manually go and see it.. Is there some problem with mailing list software or is it under heavy stress due to traffic

Re: How do you get this mailing list name inserted in the subject header?

2008-03-08 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Don Saklad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.03.08.1335 +0100]: > How do you get the mailing list name inserted in the subject > header?... [debian-user] > > It would be convenient for reviewing the messages. Use procmail and sed. http://madduck.net/blog/2007.08.21%3Aif-you-procmail-read-this

Re: How do you get this mailing list name inserted in the subject header?

2008-03-08 Thread Michael Shuler
On 03/08/2008 06:35 AM, Don Saklad wrote: How do you get the mailing list name inserted in the subject header?... [debian-user] It would be convenient for reviewing the messages. Filter on the List-Id header - it's in every message to the list. List-Id: -- Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: How do you get this mailing list name inserted in the subject header?

2008-03-08 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 07:35:55AM -0500, Don Saklad wrote: > How do you get the mailing list name inserted in the subject > header?... [debian-user] > > It would be convenient for reviewing the messages. Such rewriting is normally done by the mailing list server. This is e.g. a standard option o

How do you get this mailing list name inserted in the subject header?

2008-03-08 Thread Don Saklad
How do you get the mailing list name inserted in the subject header?... [debian-user] It would be convenient for reviewing the messages. . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Anyone knows what happened to this mailing list & web site?

2007-10-08 Thread cga2000
I'm trying to get an HP 820e CD burner to work with debian etch and can't seem to be able to post to the pcmcia list any more: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone know anything as to why this list and the corresponding lists.infradead.org web site appear to have been down possibly for the last few week

Re: this mailing list with a newsreader

2005-06-09 Thread John Kirkland
Guillaume TESSIER wrote: Hi! i suscribed to this mailing list some hours ago and my mailbox is already overcrowded! Can we acces it with a newsreader? i use pan. But after tryiing different news servers adress this was not successful I use Mozilla Thunderbird, and filter the messages

Re: this mailing list with a newsreader

2005-06-09 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 06:36:20PM +0200, Guillaume TESSIER wrote: > i suscribed to this mailing list some hours ago and my mailbox is > already overcrowded! Yes, it's mail massive here. :) With Sarge becoming stable the traffic has even increased noticably. > Can we acces it wit

this mailing list with a newsreader

2005-06-09 Thread Guillaume TESSIER
Hi! i suscribed to this mailing list some hours ago and my mailbox is already overcrowded! Can we acces it with a newsreader? i use pan. But after tryiing different news servers adress this was not successful -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: What's the best forum to discuss linux(especially Debian) besides this mailing list?

2003-07-08 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 03:50:06 +0200, Zhao YouBing wrote: > LinuxQuestions or other ?? > > What forums do u think best or visit most? Me? #debian on irc.freenode.net -- Stephen Patterson http://www.lexx.uklinux.net http://patter.mine.nu [EMAIL PROTECTED] remove SPAM to reply Linux Count

Re: Virus warning on this mailing list

2001-11-19 Thread Ben Hartshorne
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 10:56:00AM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Dominic Y. Deferia wrote: > > > I have recently seen the presence of Nimbda virus in this mail list (I > > always see files ATTnumbers.eml). This is an indication of Nimbda virus. To > > get rid of this v

Re: Virus warning on this mailing list

2001-11-19 Thread ben
On Monday 19 November 2001 12:09, Frank Zimmermann wrote: > >1) It's spelled Nimda (it's Admin spelled backwards), 2) Windows worms > >are on-topic here how? > > > >-- > >Baloo > > Well some people might read this list with a win machine. I do on > MacOS, just because it's cheaper for me to do it a

Re: Virus warning on this mailing list

2001-11-19 Thread Frank Zimmermann
1) It's spelled Nimda (it's Admin spelled backwards), 2) Windows worms are on-topic here how? -- Baloo Well some people might read this list with a win machine. I do on MacOS, just because it's cheaper for me to do it at the Uni and my boss woun't allow me to put Linux on any of the Crashint

Re: Virus warning on this mailing list

2001-11-18 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Dominic Y. Deferia wrote: > I have recently seen the presence of Nimbda virus in this mail list (I > always see files ATTnumbers.eml). This is an indication of Nimbda virus. To > get rid of this virus go to Fsecure website and download the program for > nimbda virus. Update y

Virus warning on this mailing list

2001-11-18 Thread Dominic Y. Deferia
Virus warning: I have recently seen the presence of Nimbda virus in this mail list (I always see files ATTnumbers.eml). This is an indication of Nimbda virus. To get rid of this virus go to Fsecure website and download the program for nimbda virus. Update your anti-virus programs. good luck.

Re: question about this mailing list

1999-10-26 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Oct 25, 1999 at 03:31:07PM -0600, jh wrote: > I am going on vacation. In order to stop mail while I am away do I need to > completely unsubscribe and then re-subscribe when I return? Yes. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardi

question about this mailing list

1999-10-25 Thread jh
I am going on vacation. In order to stop mail while I am away do I need to completely unsubscribe and then re-subscribe when I return? Thanks, Jeff

Re: is this mailing list still up?

1999-02-01 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 05:33:08PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hi, > > I do not recieve emails from debian-user, if you can read this, please > email me directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > thanks > > Ulisses > - > ---

is this mailing list still up?

1999-02-01 Thread ulisses
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi, I do not recieve emails from debian-user, if you can read this, please email me directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks Ulisses - - "Computers are useless. They can only give

Re: Newsgroups and this mailing list

1998-12-31 Thread Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar
-> > I may be wrong (pls correct me if so) but I believe this mail list -> > _IS_ linked to the newsgroups. Check out linux.debian.user -> -> At least in my region (Germany) the linux.* newsgroups are almost -> dead. I also had problems with other gated mailing lists (like -> comp.risks) so I pr

Re: Newsgroups and this mailing list

1998-12-30 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
ivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I may be wrong (pls correct me if so) but I believe this mail list > _IS_ linked to the newsgroups. Check out linux.debian.user At least in my region (Germany) the linux.* newsgroups are almost dead. I also had problems with other gated mailing lists (like com

Re: Newsgroups and this mailing list

1998-12-29 Thread Ed Cogburn
ivan wrote: > > I may be wrong (pls correct me if so) but I believe this mail list _IS_ > linked to the newsgroups. Check out linux.debian.user > > ivan. > Somebody on this list awhile back said that the linux.* newsgroups were "deprecated". In any event, not everybody can get linux.

Re: Newsgroups and this mailing list

1998-12-29 Thread ivan
I may be wrong (pls correct me if so) but I believe this mail list _IS_ linked to the newsgroups. Check out linux.debian.user ivan. At 11:30 AM 12/29/98 GMT, you wrote: >Ross Boylan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote... >> Hi. I'm about to get a new machine and put Debian on it, and was wondering > >C

Re: Newsgroups and this mailing list

1998-12-29 Thread Gossamer
Ross Boylan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote... > Hi. I'm about to get a new machine and put Debian on it, and was wondering Congratulations!! Please don't take the following as criticism, it's meant more as correcting some mis-knowledge you have. Share And Enjoy, and all that. Feel free to respond :

Newsgroups and this mailing list

1998-12-29 Thread Ross Boylan
Hi. I'm about to get a new machine and put Debian on it, and was wondering if someone could explain the relation between the Debian mailing lists and the comp.os.linux hierarchy in newgroups. My immediate practical question is which source I should use for help. My more general question is why t

Re: this mailing list

1997-01-04 Thread Paul Christenson
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this mailing list

1997-01-03 Thread Timothy Phan
Hi, Anybody out there? I've not received any discussion/comment on this mailing for almost 1 month now. Has the list been up? BTW, if I'm no longer in this mailing list, how do I get on it. I've tried to subscribe this list again a week ago from www.debian.org