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Tom, So don't sub to it...it gives people that nothign better to do than pontificate a forum to do so and keeps their drivel out of my inbox... Don in DC ------ On 2 Aug 2001 thomas@inorbit.com wrote: > 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 > +--- > +--- | 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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