Re: Inappropriate Posts

2005-06-10 Thread Ted MacNEIL
... I'm not willing to be interrupted by on topic IBM listserver messages, much less off topic messages in my e-mail box. ... When I used NOTES, I set it to never notify me when mail arrived. With OUTLOOK, I have an envelope icon appear on the tooltray. I never let e-mail interrupt me when I'm w

Re: Inappropriate Posts

2005-06-10 Thread Howard Brazee
On 10-Jun-2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chase, John) wrote: > The third, and arguably best, alternative, then, would be to transfer > "inappropriate" posts to the IBM-MAIN-OT discussion forum > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Of course, one must first subscribe to that > group

Re: Inappropriate Posts

2005-06-10 Thread Chase, John
lean, but that still doesn't make it appropriate. > Many people that use IBM-MAIN monitor via the NG and I know > most of them don't like the garbage either. The garbage also > ends up in google which muddies google searches. The third, and arguably best, alternative,

Re: Inappropriate Posts

2005-06-10 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:23:31 GMT, Howard Brazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 9-Jun-2005, "Robert Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Top posting only >> >> Some groups have a convention where they put "OT" at the front of the >> title for off-topic posts, so those that aren't interested can

Re: Inappropriate Posts

2005-06-10 Thread Howard Brazee
On 9-Jun-2005, "Robert Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Top posting only > > Some groups have a convention where they put "OT" at the front of the > title for off-topic posts, so those that aren't interested can easily > ignore them. IBM-MAIN has an alternative that's not available to most ne

Re: Inappropriate Posts

2005-06-09 Thread Greg Shirey
nframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Bireley Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 12:16 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Inappropriate Posts I am mostly a lurker, but people that have been on this list for years become friends, and friends like to share things they find

Re: Inappropriate Posts

2005-06-09 Thread Steve Bireley
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Hanrahan Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 12:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Inappropriate Posts Shane, I'll stop posting on the topic if you're that annoyed.You're as rude as

Inappropriate Posts

2005-06-09 Thread Paul Hanrahan
Shane, I'll stop posting on the topic if you're that annoyed.You're as rude as my cousin from down under. Have you tried the digest feature ? Paul E. A. Hanrahan (440)895-9665 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive ac