Steve, This change has other impacts. Now, instead of receiving mail from the Oracle-L list, I am receiving them personally from responders. I can no longer let Outlook manage email from the list - rules will work because the mail is not coming from Oracle-L. I think I like it the way it was. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- From: Goulet, Dick [mailto:DGoulet@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 9:15 AM To: Daniel.Fink@xxxxxxx; Steve Adams Subject: RE: ADMIN: list changes I believe we had this discussion some years ago, which was where the Off = topic list came from for the bulk of the non technical matter. I = believe, as I recall, that the consensus was to tolerate minor abuse to = keep the human side around. Personally I still prefer judicious use of = the delete button. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- From: Daniel W. Fink [mailto:Daniel.Fink@xxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 9:07 AM To: Steve Adams Subject: Re: ADMIN: list changes I think these kinds of mistakes keep the list 'human' and are usually good for a chuckle. If nothing else, it gives you a chance to drown your embarrasment in a beer or two. Lex de Haan wrote: >I actually prefer Steve's proposal a lot more. >I have had some horrible email "accidents" in the past, replying in a >"funny" way and pushing the Reply button, under the assumption I was >replying to the sender only ... Kind regards, >Lex. -- To unsubscribe - = mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=3Dunsubscribe=20 To search the archives - //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ -- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To search the archives - //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ -- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To search the archives - //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/