Yes ... but one man's TWIT is another man's GURU.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo_at_siconic.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: NOTICE FROM THE LIST HOST (re: recent political commentary)
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Sipke de Wal wrote:
>
> > This is an acceptable construct for newsgroups since you can readily
> > distingish between the two groups but it would be a nightmare for any
> > listmember that want's to receive both lists. A double stream of
> > Classic-stuff, partly pepperd with even more OT-dribble.
>
> There would still only be one list...all messages posted would go to the
> same list. It's just the messages that are being posted by twits that
> would go through a filter first.
>
> Of course, the open nature of the list will have to be mitigated. But
> all it means is that any postings from non-subscribers will simply go
> through the filter, which is good for catching spam anyway.
>
> It's a good solution.
>
> > Just a little bit of educational OT-stuff makes life enjoyable. It's
> > the "This is my conviction, and you've got to eat it" rants that I
> > hate. It seems that for too many nerdy nerds the classic-comp list is
> > the only emotional outlet they have.
>
> Sadly so.
>
> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Tue Aug 21 2001 - 14:21:19 BST