Re: Debian User List
On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 09:09:56 +0300
David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il> wrote:
> 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.)
Why not use Gmail (or something similar) for ML traffic? Free (as in
beer), close to 3 GB of storage, free POP access.
Celejar
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