[arachne] Re: [a4dos-list] Re:Re: OT

  • From: "Eric S. Emerson" <wildrice5@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 14:02:50 -0400

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Read this, Sam E.,

Eric

On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 07:00:36 -0500 "Sam Ewalt" <ewalt@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> 
> Testing. Is this list still alive? Please respond if you read this.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 07:19:48 -0000, wizard57m@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> 
> > Scott,
> > Don't worry!  No use adding to grey hairs, hehe!
> > By the way, FWIW, the items you pointed out in your=20
> > original post, especially lack of digest mode, were what
> > played a key role in my search for a different host for
> > an Arachne Mailing List after the demise of the originals=2E
> > I founded the Freelists group, did everything required to=20
> > get it up and running using Arachne even!  I still belong=20
> > to the Calmira II Online group hosted by Freelists as=20
> > well=2E  I've had very little problems with them, other than
> > at the moment a couple of list members are having=20
> > difficulties posting messages=3F=3F=3F  Don't know why, YET!
> > BTW, when a "DGI" is mentioned, what they should tell=20
> > you is a DGI is basically a DOS BATCH program, which=20
> > calls external utilities, although a few were written for
> > "online" use, similar to CGI scripting for forms and such=2E
> > The mail sorting DGI is part of an "APM", which I myself
> > never downloaded or installed=2E
> > C U L8R!
> > Wiz  <{;-)
> > ps=2E=2E=2Ethis message CC'd to Freelists group
> 
> > ---- Original Message ----
> > From: scottwarnick@comcast=2Enet
> > To: arachne4dos@coollist=2Ecom
> > Subject: RE: [a4dos-list] Re:Re: OT
> > Date:=20
> 
> >> Since I've already replied to LD about 3 times on this matter=2E 
> I want
> >> to=20
> >> just let things settle down=2E
> 
> >> I will say that I didn't know I had the about the secondary 
> problem,=20
> >> even enough to ask whether I had a secondary problem=2E 
> Apologies=2E
> >> Did I ask for help=3F I thought that was exactly what I was 
> doing=2E=20
> >> Did I say what was on my mind at the time, exactly the way LD
> >> has=2E=2E=2EYes=2E
> >> I am bothered by being invited to exit the list and by LD's=20
> >> accusations--yes, but being misconstrued is part of the price of
> >> being=20
> >> in a community=2E
> 
> >> I also want to say that I just noted (to my chagrin) that I 
> didn't=20
> >> change the subject line for my initial message when I changed 
> topics,
> 
> >> nor have
> >> I been trimming down the re's=2E
> 
> >> "Self discipline is the hardest of virtues=2E"
> 
> >> L=2E D=2E Best wrote:
> 
> >>> Ray,
> >>> Scott has a basic problem:  He can't download all his e-mail=2E
> >>> Scott has a secondary problem:  He hasn't added the sorting DGI 
> to=20
> >>> handle the e-mail he does download=2E
> 
> >>> Instead of coming in here an bemoaning how inconsiderate all 
> we=20
> >>> Arachne users are, might he not have stated his problems and 
> asked
> >> for=20
> >>> help=3F=3F
> 
> >>> Did he as for help=3F  No =2E=2E=2E He blamed all his problems 
> on peopl=
> > e=20
> >>> posting things he wasn't interested in, people behaving like a
> >> group=20
> >>> of companions with some common background and some common 
> goals=2E
> 
> >>> He asked for things that aren't necessary, or are necessary and 
> are
> 
> >>> already being done -- and he would have known that if he'd 
> bothered
> >> to=20
> >>> pay attention on the list in the first place=2E
> 
> >>> There is more than one way to be OT on the list=2E
> 
> >>> l=2Ed=2E
> 
> >>> P=2ES=2E  Scott made an issue out of "it" whatever he preceives 
> "it" to=
> 
> >> be=2E
> >>> =3D=3D=3D=3D
> 
> >>> Ray Andrews wrote:
> 
> >>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:23:50 +0000, L=2E D=2E Best wrote:
> 
> >>>>> Look, how many times has someone come in with a problem, ASKED
> >> FOR=20
> >>>>> HELP,
> >>>>> and been ignored=3F   NEVER as far as I can recall=2E
> 
> >>>>> If someone needs help they should ask, instead of moaning and
> >> groaning
> >>>>> about how well this list is or is not "kept on the straight &
> >> narrow=2E"
> 
> >>>>>>> At one time we were going to use the Freelist for 'on topic'
> >> stuff=20
> >>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>> the Coollist for chat, too bad that didn't work out=2E
> 
> >>>> Well, it's too bad IMHO=2E  Like Sam, I enjoy the B=2ES=2E here 
> but I =
> > do
> >>>> think Scott is not out of place wishing he could sort out the
> >>>> 'hard' stuff from the banter=2E  There's no need to make some 
> sort
> >> of
> >>>> issue out of it=2E
> 
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