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First, I've become mostly glad of the "iSeries...", "Windows XP...", "Microsoft JAVA...", etc., etc., threads. I can do mass deletes and pare the list messages way down. Very handy, since most posts in those have little value. Saves a LOT of time. But the idea of a general shoot-the-breeze list seems pointless. We've had those for years. Just look up "UseNet" for info. Tom Liotta On Thu, 02 August 2001, "John Earl" wrote: > > > We really need an informal shoot-the-breeze list. Initially, I also > thought > > that the new list was going to fulfill that role, and then it became > > apparent that the list is restricted to iNation related topics. In > my > > opinion, it's not going to see much traffic. We need a general > topics list - > > not an iNation list. > > > > > > John Taylor > > > I have to agree with John Taylor on this. An informal, > shoot-the-breeze list would be of great benefit to those that have the > time to pontificate endlessly on the means and motives of corporations > and officers (IBM and otherwise), as well as a boon to those of us who > do not have the time to weed through those posts. > > I just moved about 400+ unread emails to the "delete" folder - with > topics such as "iNation", "AS400", "Midrange Computing...", "IBM > getting rid of RPG", "iGreen...", "No Java in widows XP", "My XP got > broke in a hailstorm", "The Future of Computing", and "Resignation > from International Alliance.." etc. -- Tom Liotta The PowerTech Group, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 Phone 253-872-7788 Fax 253-872-7904 http://www.400Security.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/ +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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