Proper list server? (was Re: Automatic means for spinning down disks available?)

2007-04-11 Thread Jonathan McKeown
On Wednesday 11 April 2007 05:12, L Goodwin wrote: For starters, how about getting this mail group on a proper list server? I'll gladly help if there is anything I can do other than get in the way... I normally try not to be rude, but... what on Earth are you talking about? What is it about a

Re: Proper list server? (was Re: Automatic means for spinning down disks available?)

2007-04-11 Thread L Goodwin
Well, Jonathan, since you asked, here are the things I've found cumbersome about freebsd-questions, some/all of which may be due to my own ignorance: 1) I get all email posted to freebsd-questions in my inbox (actually, some end up in bulk mail folder). That's a lot of mail to wade through. I'm

Re: Proper list server? (was Re: Automatic means for spinning down disks available?)

2007-04-11 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi, L-- On Apr 11, 2007, at 12:14 PM, L Goodwin wrote: 1) I get all email posted to freebsd-questions in my inbox (actually, some end up in bulk mail folder). That's a lot of mail to wade through. I'm trying to get a system up and running so I can move on to the next task. I suppose I

Re: Proper list server? (was Re: Automatic means for spinning down disks available?)

2007-04-11 Thread Yuri Grebenkin
L Goodwin, Wrap your lines; To reply to both list and sender use Reply to all; To send a private message delete [EMAIL PROTECTED]; To and so on. Control everything yourself! But I think that the best is to use some normal mailer program that support simple list handling. It's not like some

Re: Proper list server? (was Re: Automatic means for spinning down disks available?)

2007-04-11 Thread L Goodwin
Thanks, Chuck. Subscription Options has an option Which topic categories would you like to subscribe to? that has No topics defined, but I don't see any list of topic categories or a way to select them. Chuck Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, L-- On Apr 11, 2007, at 12:14

Re: Proper list server? (was Re: Automatic means for spinning down disks available?)

2007-04-11 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Apr 11, 2007, at 2:14 PM, L Goodwin wrote: Well, Jonathan, since you asked, here are the things I've found cumbersome about freebsd-questions, some/all of which may be due to my own ignorance: It's not so much your ignorance (well ultimately it is), but that you are using a webmail

Re: Proper list server? (was Re: Automatic means for spinning down disks available?)

2007-04-11 Thread L Goodwin
Thanks, Jeff and others. Ok, I'll use Reply to All. FYI, I only use this Yahoo account for situations where I don't want to get spammed to death. I started using UNIX, email and the Internet in 1989, but for the last 15 years I've been stuck with Windows (not counting hosted Web servers) --