Quoting Lindsay Sprinter (zlinw@mcmedia.com.au):
I understand the problem of offtopic threads on the net but I believe one should be able to discuss important sensible issues with out being forced to listen to stuff one has no interest in. Luv has very strongly put its position so in the end I am gone.
I'm sympathetic to your concern, but wished to suggest a remedy that might suit your needs: Subscribe your address to luv-talk (via http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-talk), but then set the 'nomail' option on that subscription. (That permits you to post whenever you wish.) Leave the subscription set 'nomail' except on rare occasions when you wish to participate in non-Linux discussions -- or leave the nomail option set and at your convenience check postings via the luv-talk Web archive. If that doesn't suit your needs, I understand that, too, and wished to merely offer an option you might not have considered. -- Cheers, Chip Salzenberg: "Usenet is not a right." Rick Moen Edward Vielmetti: "Usenet is a right, a left, a jab, rick@linuxmafia.com and a sharp uppercut to the jaw. McQ! (4x80) The postman hits! You have new mail."