On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 at 22:41:31, Peter Graf wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>Hi folks,
>
>I find it absolutely OK to have some off-topic mails on this list now and
>then. But in the last weeks there has been a neverending *huge* flood of
>absolutely non QL-related traffic.
>
>PC's, Microsoft, the related software and the related viruses and the
>related problems will never end, and there are enough forums where they can
>be discussed. There is no reason why these forums are not used, and the
>ql-users list is constantly abused instead. Why don't you open a
>ms-users-and-smalltalk-list?
>
>Please see that I'm not talking about just a few mails now and then -
>that's fine by me! I'm talking about floods of mails.
>
>The consequence is, that I will now leave the list, because I don't have
>the time to handle this anymore. I'll unsubscribe after this mail.
That is a mite drastic. Can't you filter your email or just ignore OT
emails.
If the virus has come via the list, then I think it _is_ on topic, and
the information is interesting.
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