On the contrary, when you use a software support list to air your religious beliefs and post stories, it may be YOU who needs introspection, to figure out why your message is *so* important that it doesn't HAVE to be about the chosen list topic.
If I start posting stories about satanic worship or goat sacrifices or aliens and their grandparents on this Tango list, I'd bet using [OT] wouldn't cut it. Off-topic crap is off-topic crap and if you allow it then you open the door for any bunch of hooey that anyone wants to send. Please, it's a #$%^&* TANGO LIST!!!!!! >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/11/02 15:02 PM >>> IMHO (and that's all we each have here) [OT] is just that, Off Topic. To me it means that the following e-mail isn't about Tango but might be of some other interest to me. So, if I am easily offended by things Off Topic in the Witango list, I will set my mail server to delete everything that starts with [OT]. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out. If you spend a good deal of your life seeking out things that offend you, when it is easy to avoid them, I'd suggest some self-introspection. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Smith > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 5:37 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk > Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: [OT] Hope this moves you as it did me > > > I have always interpreted the [OT] as a way of identifying messages that > were not directly Witango/Tango related but related to web development, > hosting, databases, etc. In other words, messages that might be > of interest > to the majority of the readers. For example I asked a question a couple of > months ago about domain names. That to me is an [OT] post because > it relates > to what many of us are doing. > > I don't mean to offend anyone, but in my opinion, the original > post in this > thread does not relate to anything that most of the readers would be > interested in reading from the list. We might be interested in the subject > in another forum, but not on this list. > > Hope this helps, > > Steve Smith > > Oakbridge Information Solutions > Office: (519) 624-4388 > GTA: (416) 606-3885 > Fax: (519) 624-3353 > Cell: (416) 606-3885 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.oakbridge.ca > > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ******************************************************************* Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ******************************************************************* ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
