(O.T.) Do we need a 'name-change'?

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Henk said:
Two questions:

1) Maybe we should rename this group to alt.comp.gmail;

or

2) Maybe it is a good idea to mark posts and requests regarding Gmail
as (O.T.) (for filtering purposes).
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Gmail is fairly easy to filter on.

3) Direct people to comp.mail.misc.
 
Some Guy wrote on 31-8-2004 :
Two questions:

1) Maybe we should rename this group to alt.comp.gmail;

or

2) Maybe it is a good idea to mark posts and requests regarding Gmail
as (O.T.) (for filtering purposes).

With kind regards,
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I don't mean to be picky or anything, but usually, when a post is marked
off-topic, it is labeled "[OT]", not "(O.T.)". Without consistency, your
filter will do you no good... ie. your post got past my "[OT]" filter...
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Maybe you are right. But as far as I know there is no real consensus
about (O.T.), [OT], (OT), [O.T.], OT, or any other way to mark posts as
Off Topic.

With kind regards,

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Henk de Jong said:
Two questions:

1) Maybe we should rename this group to alt.comp.gmail;
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I had been wondering about that myself. *But*, I do understand that
those who have invitations would prefer to share them with a group they
feel friendly with.
2) Maybe it is a good idea to mark posts and requests regarding Gmail
as (O.T.) (for filtering purposes).
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Like jo said, the word Gmail is fairly easy to filter on.
 
Two questions:

1) Maybe we should rename this group to alt.comp.gmail;

or

2) Maybe it is a good idea to mark posts and requests regarding Gmail
as (O.T.) (for filtering purposes).

With kind regards,
Click to expand...

I don't mean to be picky or anything, but usually, when a post is marked
off-topic, it is labeled "[OT]", not "(O.T.)". Without consistency, your
filter will do you no good... ie. your post got past my "[OT]" filter...
 
Two questions:
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that seemed like more than two questions. maybe rename it

alt.comp.max.two.questions.at.a.time

1) Maybe we should rename this group to alt.comp.gmail;
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hmm. or start one of them there webrings? those are fun.

or name it:

alt.comp.put.some.more.prozac.in.the.dutch.water.supply

does smoking all that legal herb make them think much about such things
often? or the legal prostitution causes some brain disease damages to
their heads?

or

2) Maybe it is a good idea to mark posts and requests regarding Gmail
as (O.T.) (for filtering purposes).
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as long as you're having fun, but not too much fun, because that would be
another group or yet another filter.

With kind regards,
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sure glad he's feeling kindly, hate to see the other side...
 
Maybe it is a good idea to mark posts and requests regarding Gmail
as (O.T.) (for filtering purposes).
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or mayhaps you should just leave usenet, henk the stenk...

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I had been wondering about that myself. *But*, I do understand that
those who have invitations would prefer to share them with a group they
feel friendly with.


Like jo said, the word Gmail is fairly easy to filter on.
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forgive henk the stenk. he's braindead from huffing too much
spraypaint. not as a youth either. just last week...
 
as I know there is no real consensus
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correct, FINALLY. but the general consensus *still thinks that you
should follow in johnnie corliss' feeble old footsteps and retire from
the usenet...

--
"You know, that's what I hate: when you start talking like this, like
you just pull in these things from the shit you read, and you haven't
thought it out for yourself, no bearing on the world around us, and
totally unoriginal."

-Richard Linklater's "Slacker" (1991)
 
or name it:

alt.comp.put.some.more.prozac.in.the.dutch.water.supply
LMMFAOWH!!!!!!!

does smoking all that legal herb make them think much about such things
often? or the legal prostitution causes some brain disease damages to
their heads?
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yep. he has herpes on the membrane. (STD ON THE BRAIN!)
 
Anne said:
Or then again, maybe if everyone on here reads this:
http://www.gmail-is-too-creepy.com/
there will be absolutely NO need to mark gmail stuff OT because no one
will be interested!

Anne
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And his or her using Yahoo or Hotmail accounts any different?
I find Yahoo cookies from places that have never said they were affiliated
with Yahoo.
Got something to hide? I don't.
So don't use Gmail.
Just more paranoia stuff.
But OT.
 
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