Hi Paula -
Sunday, November 21, 1999, 12:10:23 PM, you wrote:
PF> My understanding from the list guidelines is that, first of all, the
PF> purpose of the list is to discuss _The Bat!_ with a primary focus on
PF> providing user-to-user support and a secondary focus on discussing
PF> suggestions for new features and improvements. The latter, for as long
PF> as I've been on the list, has always generated some lively debate, but
PF> without the acrimony and personal aspects that characterize most of the
PF> recent debates - not to mention, the verbosity. Secondly, off-topic
PF> posts are to be limited, that is, it's not OK to discuss anything and
PF> everything as long as you put an OT in the subject. It's not always easy
PF> to draw a line between what is OT and not, but now folks are introducing
PF> topics that aren't even remotely related to the list purposes. It's
PF> tempting to turn a mailing list into a social club, but in my experience
PF> it ends up undermining the primary purposes of a list like this one in
PF> the long run.
Yep, the last few weeks have seen the noise ratio go waaaay up. I don't know
about you, but I'm deleting large amounts of messages simply because they aren't
related to TB!
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Mark Worsham mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Plano, TX USA
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