| Jeff Abrahamson on 21 Dec 2005 20:16:03 -0000 |
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On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 03:00:36PM -0500, Chris Marget wrote: > [29 lines, 194 words, 1347 characters] Top characters: eis_tnao > > On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Toby DiPasquale wrote: > > > The last bunch of messages have been off-topic. Can we please keep > > it on-topic? I'm sure we all have enough mail to read and we all > > subscribed to this list to hear and discuss Linux issues. I > > understand that this list has many people knowledgable in a number > > of interesting areas but this is not the appropriate list for > > queries about Comcast, Verizon, etc. Thanks. Those who care most are probably quite capable of having formail and procmail solve the problem for them personally, and of doing so with very little time invested. Those same people might choose to share their solutions for those who care but don't want to fiddle with for/procmail. We might even put this on the PLUG web site. > I subscribed to this *local* linux list because I wanted to hear > from local people about local issues. Finding a Linux-friendly PC > shop, diagnosing weirdness with regional ISPs, and discussing > availability of local ISP services (FIOS) seem particularly relevant > to a Philly list, and don't seem inappropriate to me. > > There are lots of lists for Linux issues, but I know of only one > where the above mentioned topics might make sense... I agree. I don't think out discussions have wandered offensively off topic, and this list is still a good place for expertise on linux-related topics. -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/> +1 215/837-2287 GPG fingerprint: 1A1A BA95 D082 A558 A276 63C6 16BF 8C4C 0D1D AE4B Attachment:
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