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Re: Debian User List



On Sunday 01 April 2007, debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org wrote:
> I agree and disagree at the same time.  Some of this off-topic stuff is
> quite educational, and sometimes quite funny.

Yes, I enjoy the first couple of posting sometimes. But after that ...

> You don't have to read it you know.  You see an off-topic thread, just
> delete the whole thread.  Of course, you may have a really slow internet
> connection and it takes a while for all the "junk" to come in.  In that
> case I pity you.

I get the digest. This is NECESSARY, see below.

> I think Tyler is right, there should be another list for "debian-help"
> but I am afraid if that list separates from this one, then a lot of
> people that could really help people, will not subscribe to it.

Problem here is that some of the Debian lists do not work right. No digest on 
a high traffic list means provider mailbox fills and then bounces and then 
one is automatically unsubscribed. This is the only one I have been able to 
stay on. When its digest was not working, I was kicked off every other day.

(Yes, if I wanted to leave my computer on 24/7 and pay for a fixed IP, I could 
dispense with the provider's email server, smarthosting and the like and let 
my exim4 do the work (which it does quite well). Then again, the /var 
partition will fill up producing the same results. So ... let's have fun but 
consider onr another and keep things reasonable.)



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