----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Sconce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rich C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Paul Lussier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "gnhlug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 12:32 PM Subject: Re: Debian and IDE tape drive question > Rich - > > Er, while I was writing and proofreading my response to your > Goodbye message which I just posted to the list, this appeared. > > Sounds like "request/offer help on linux-related issues" to > me. And here I was busting your chops for deserting us. The sad part is, I almost missed this help request because of all the other crap flying around here. And probably everyone else missed it too--which is why no one else had responded to Ed's call for help. I don't mind the occasional flame war. I have participated in many myself in the past. Perhaps what is needed is a FAQ that outlines some posting guidelines for the group, such as a gentle request to take all flame wars to comp.os.linux.advocacy or some similar newsgroup. Or perhaps a separate help list can be created so that members can go and get or give help without being subjected to dozens of emails a day about essentially nothing, and the software evangelists and MS bashers can stay here and have a blast. Rich Cloutier SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES www.sysupport.com ********************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **********************************************************
