Agreed, John...and you KNOW I will not change my stance on that....but this is not a question as to whether or not we can discuss PhotoShop and IE in here....that's a given NO and I will NOT change my mind on that....this discussion is more about whether we keep the group focused on problem solving and not "opinions about Office programs"....it's really not about what's OT....I think I made it clear when I ended that thread that I did NOT find that thread to be OT Hey...I know enuf about you, buddy, to know you LOVE threads where opinions are voiced, so I'm assuming you are voting YES here? LOL Linda Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com ABC Free Ezine ~ Free Ebooks and Tutorials *all outgoing mail scanned by Norton AV. If you got a bug that looks like it came from me, it did NOT! -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John82654@xxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 1:07 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Moderation...or Censorship? I'm another lurker, for want of a better term, but I've been a lurker for a long time. Since this is a Microsoft Office list and the Queen's name is Linda, I think it's her privilege to, in effect, keep it on topic. I can see in some tunnel vision way, this might be referred to as censorship. In my opinion, it's just opening the door to God knows what. Once you decide you can discuss IE, OE, photoshop PSP and whatever other program you might have an interest in, where does it stop? Who decides when the OT thead has outrun it's usefullness? Do we have to start taking votes on when a thread has truly become OT? This list has,in my opinion, grown into a list with such knowledgeable members on the topic of OFFICE, that you can get virtually any office question either answered, or if not answered ,pointed in the right direction. If you change the groups aim this late in the game, maybe the office experts go to find an Office only list. My opinion is why mess with a winning formula? After all this is an Office list! ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************