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Subject:ADMIN: Re: OT, OFF-TOPIC, how about "Off List"? From:"Eric Ray \(Web\)" <ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:27:02 -0800 (PST)
Quoting Mike Stockman <stockman -at- jagunet -dot- com>:
> I keep coming up with filters to take off-topic messages to the trash
> (if subject contains "OT", if subject contains "light bulb" and so on), but
> people keep choosing different ways of admitting, essentially, that
> their message doesn't belong on the list. Rather than my continuing to try to
> keep up with people's creativity, any chance we could move the messages
> to one of those noisy lists that seem to actually welcome off-topic
> postings?
Very well put...if you think it merits an OT/Off-topic/whatever
header, it's almost certainly something you shouldn't post.
Eric
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