Re[2]: Off topic messages

2002-07-18 Thread Gert-Jan van Krevelen
Hello world, P But, the feedback I'm getting is that many P people are overwhelmed by the volume of the messages. (The situation is P compounded by the fact that the archives are difficult to use P efficiently.) So, many people give up before they discover the beauty P of TB. Well I did

Off topic messages

2002-07-17 Thread PFord
I've just had to download dozens (hundreds?) of messages dealing with someone's computer usage issues with his wife, people hating HTML mail, etc. And, now the threat that a new thread will develop around XP problems. It's all nice and friendly and cosy, but a waste of time in both downloading

Re: Off topic messages

2002-07-17 Thread Thomas F
Hello Paula, On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:53:11 -0700 (PDT) GMT (18/07/02, 00:53 +0700 GMT), PFord wrote: P I've just had to download dozens (hundreds?) mere dozons. P of messages dealing with [OT stuff] The mods are out of trouts... -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat!

Re: Off topic messages

2002-07-17 Thread Allie C Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Paula Ford [PF] wrote: PF I've just had to download dozens (hundreds?) of messages dealing PF with someone's computer usage issues with his wife, people hating PF HTML mail, etc. And, now the

Re: Off topic messages

2002-07-17 Thread PFord
On Wednesday, July 17, 2002, Allie C Martin wrote: I can sympathize with you here. TBOT (The Bat off Topic) discussion group was designed for the explicit purpose of discussing off-topic issues among TB! users. The last message I just downloaded this evening is an OT asking for help with