On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 19:02:51 -0600, you wrote:
>Well I have received -some- mail from the list, but the volume has been way
>down the last 3>4 days. So I , like most apparently, resubscribed and the
>mail
>picked up but is still only 25% of what it used to be.
>So I would have to say there has been a mass exodus and whoever knows
>exactly what happened has no inclination to tell us.
Hardly a mass exodus. And there were more than enough indications
that there was a problem with the list server. Its pretty apparent
that they lost the database, reinstalled an old one, which is why at
first folks that had unsubscribed were suddenly resubscribed. They
couldnt fix that and just re-initialized the database, which simply
meant that everyone who HAD been subscribed would have to
resubscribe...which is what is happening in dribs and drabs.
The mass exodus theory? <LOL>
>
>Possibly people just got tired of childish vulgarity, off topic BS and being
>told to check the archives when it would be just as easy to answer the
>question?
So you have a problem with checking the archives?
Sometimes it is easy to answer a question that is asked 20 times a
week. But some questions involve more than one or two sentences.
Which is why folks are told to check the archive for their answer
first. Simply much easier than the same folks having to answer the
same questions over and over and over, wouldnt you say? Or do you
have endless time on your hands?
>Larry
>
>>I'm here, but I just joined this list 20 minutes ago. It does seem a bit
>>slow, especially for a Linux newbie list.
>>
>>- Steve
>>
>>On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Josh McCaffrey wrote:
>>
>>> Anybody left on the list? I start to wonder what's going on if
>>> I don't receive any mail for 3 days...
>>>
>>
>>
