[PLUG] MS Access Equivalent

[Paul Johnson]

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On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 10:12:44AM -0700, david pool wrote:
> Some of the Uber-sensitive folks moved over to PdxLug, but yes there are 
> still plenty of OT sensitive folks on this list. I suppose what annoys 
> me the most is the amount of bandwidth that ends up being wasted by 
> people saying "This is sooooo off topic, blah, blah, blah, take it off 
> list: Is not: Is too: IS NOT: IS TOO...etc". The irony slays me.

I agree.  Posting exclusively to say that something is off topic is
always, in itself, off topic.  Bonus points is it makes the person
doing it look about as bright as the average AOL user.  procmail is
your friend.

> Which isn't to say people don't stray off topic, but it's just not that 
> hard to ignore a thread (IMHO).

Especially if you use a MUA that understands threads properly (using
the References header or equivilent, instead of subject).  This is
also a good reason *NOT* to start a new thread by hitting reply in
another thread:  It appears as topic drift mid-thread to people with
non-broken MUAs[1].


[1] IMHO, your MUA is broken if it doesn't, at the very least, support
proper threading and have Reply-to-List.

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