Off: pop up killer software

[Paul Mather]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 04:36:07PM -0000, Millennia wrote:

=> Is this group moderated?

It is not actively moderated.

=> What counts as 'off topic' and what counts as just 'boring'?

Usually, posts complaining about things being either off-topic or
boring are themselves both.

Going by past experience, these kind of "off-topic" diversions last
about two or three iterations and then die a natural death.  Most
people just patiently wait them out.  Of course, there are others who
can't wait that long, especially given the very high volumes of e-mail
that pass through this list.

Cheers,

Paul.

PS: Personally, I find the flurries of "test" and "is this list still
on?" messages that inevitably crop up during periods of excessive list
quietness to be both boring and off-topic, but not sufficiently
annoying or distracting as to enquire publicly about list moderation
policies.

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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