duffmckagan wrote: >On 8/5/05, Shawn M. Jones <smj at littleprojects.org> wrote: > > >>Bryan J. Smith wrote: >> >> >> >>><SNIP> >>>Now I don't deny I've gone off-topic, and I'm trying to curb that. I'm >>><SNIP> >>>If the general, or even a significant minority, consensus is that my >>>posts are indeed too off-topic, I'll go back to lurking and helping off- >>>list. I have no problem with that, and do it all-the-time. >>> >>> >>> >>Hi folks, >> >>Other lists use the 'OT' prefix to indicate that a subject has gone 'off >>topic'. Some of you have done this, and it's great. This assists in >>searching and sorting of list information as well as allowing email >>filters to remove the OT posts for those who don't wish to see them. >>Sometimes I like to read the OT posts, sometimes I just delete them in >>one swell foop. >> >>Why don't we use this concept for this CentOS list? I've noticed that >>some of you have been doing so, but if we make it a mailing list rule, >>then we have the benefit of a) OT posters and those interested in their >>posts can still post, and b) those who don't wish to read OT posts can >>delete or filter as they see fit. >> >>It is the responsibility of the originator of the OT discussion (no >>matter what the original thread may have been) to realize that he/she is >>going OT. >> >>--Shawn >> >> > > >LOL. Like this? >Is it OK? > Ja, that's the idea. --Shawn