Well, this list is like a group of friends...something like Cheers. When you come in they scream your name and bring you into the fold. It's always been like this. There is a lot of technical talk (shop talk), personal talk, arguements..etc. It's a very community list, not just a help list. It's been like this since the day I joined this list almost 3.5 years ago. It probably won't be changing anytime soon because if it did change then it would loose it's charm and the ability to be such a great place to pose questions. When your into this list and talking about SuSE Linux you learn a lot, but you do put up with something things. It's a bit like asking Grandpa for advice...you have to hear the story first before you get the info your looking for...and I personally wouldn't change a thing. It's just how is. It's why we use procmail ;) Fond Regards, * Terence McCarthy (saki@cwcom.net) [010513 09:33]: ->On Sunday 13 May 2001 13:40, Alan Lenton wrote: ->> All, ->> ->> It would be nice if we could stick to subject matter for this list. At the ->> best of time it is a high traffic list. This sort of thing makes it ->> impossible. ->> ->> This list is, IMHO one of the very best sites available for Linux technical ->> support, and it has some of the very best people on it helping out. There ->> are plenty of lists out there for discussing other matters. Please use ->> them, and remember that it's not necessary to have the last word, you can ->> just leave the matter. ->> ->> Too much extranious matter on the list will destroy its usefulness to the ->> Linux community and will cause potential new Linux users who are unable to ->> get assistance to be lost. ->> ->> alan -> ->Amen. -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.