From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 25 16: 8:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu (unknown [209.198.197.202]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA2351544A for ; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:07:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obonilla@voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu) Received: (from obonilla@localhost) by voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA00980; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:05:58 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from obonilla) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:05:58 -0600 From: Oscar Bonilla To: Brandon Fosdick Cc: "M. L. Dodson" , "Booth, Christopher" , "'freebsd'" Subject: Re: Off Topic: Addressbook Message-ID: <19990625170557.A362@fisicc-ufm.edu> References: <199906242222.SAA17109@interlock.mgh.com> <199906242348.SAA00314@wotan.611.chedworth.hou.tx.us> <3773B468.F5E7B184@glue.umd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <3773B468.F5E7B184@glue.umd.edu>; from Brandon Fosdick on Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 12:55:04PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 12:55:04PM -0400, Brandon Fosdick wrote: > "M. L. Dodson" wrote: > > > > Booth, Christopher writes: > > > I apologise for a slightly off-topic query, but I think this group could > > > answer this one: > > > > > > Can I get Microsoft Outlook and Netscape to share an addressbook? > > > > > > > > > > What the )(*&)&^&^%*^%$! On the freebsd-questions list, you post > > ^^^^^^^ > > a Windows question and the best you can come up with is that it > > is "slightly off-topic"? How about not even on the same planet > > as the topic? This is not appreciated as it is gross abuse of > > the resources of the list. We give answers to freebsd questions > > gratis on our own time. Sometimes people make mistakes and ask > > an off-topic question. That is to be expected, and they should > > be gently straightened out. Since you realize it is off-topic, > > you have no excuse. Go away and ask your question in the > > appropriate forum. > > > > Since when did we start flaming people around here? After hearing all the > stories on this list about people switching to FBSD because the users are so > much more helpful than Linux users and how we don't flame people that ask stupid > questions this was quite a shock. I agree that the original question was > misdirected but was that a good way to deal with it? > > To answer the question: I don't know. Considering how much M$ and Netscape hate > each other, I doubt it's possible. You might try looking into an LDAP server. > (Check the ports collection). You could also try the Netscape discussion forums. > or use imap on the server and leave your mail there forever -Oscar -- For PGP Public Key: finger obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message