Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 02:08:20 -0800 From: "Jason DiCioccio" <geniusj@bluenugget.net> To: <oldfart@gtonet.net>, "freebsd-security@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Donation For Earthquake Relief Work Message-ID: <000f01c0b9ca$83d34f90$bf960340@skinflutei32jg> References: <BIEHKEFNHFMMJEKCDMLNIEBHCHAA.oldfart@gtonet.net>
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*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* http://docs.freebsd.org/ Look at mailing list section, that's as close are you're going to get. (Geocrawler probably archives it too) Cheers, -JD- ----- Original Message ----- From: "oldfart@gtonet" <oldfart@gtonet.net> To: "freebsd-security@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 12:07 AM Subject: RE: Donation For Earthquake Relief Work > No, I'm not joking. While you have to go online to get mail you could also > visit the forum. Surely you do browse the web anyway? Think of the thousands > of e-mails that wouldn't have to be sent, only to be deleted anyway. I don't > subscribe to -stable, -current, -questions or -chat just because of the > wasted time deleting hundreds of posts that are of no interest. I'd like to > read them, and I surely can use the web-archive but as I already said you > have to send an e-mail to post. Just as modern browsers can remember logins > and passwords some also allow you to "work offline" IE and Netscape (the 2 > most popular) at least, surely others. As for searching, IE and Netscape > also have a "find" (find in page or find on this page) feature. Welcome to > the 21st century. > > I don't know that SPAM isn't a security concern. I don't want spammers on or > using my network. That's what this thread was about. Ways of dealing with > them. I certainly don't want to cross-post to -chat or any other list > whether I'm subscribed or not. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ben Smithurst > > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 11:40 PM > > To: oldfart@gtonet > > Subject: Re: Donation For Earthquake Relief Work > > > > > > oldfart@gtonet wrote: > > > > > Personally, I'd like to see the lists moved to a web bulletin board > > > type forum. > > > > You're joking, right? > > > > How do you suggest we download all the messages on a web-based bullein > > board and read them offline? Or search them, easily, offline? Or are > > you just conveniently forgetting those of us who don't have the luxury > > of permanent Internet connectivity? > > > > This is off-topic for -security anyway. > > > > -- > > Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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