On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Joe Abley wrote:
The operational content was the issue of whether ISPs and alleged virus experts could or should help stop the spread of idiotic worms by encouraging users not to use vulnerable software.
Vulnerable software leads to infections. Infections make the helpdesk phone ring. Infections cause packets to move. How is this not operational content? It may well be boring, poorly-written, irritating or just plain wrong, but I don't see how it's off-topic.
Mailing lists actually exist in order to facilitate discussions. Jumping up and down because someone decides to start one seems a little counter-productive.
Much as I disagree with Joe's Stalinist attitude towards certain MUAs (like Pine), I heartily agree with the last paragraph. Moderating a discussion doesn't mean quell it all cost. -- Juha Saarinen - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog