On Saturday, May 3, 2003, at 04:19 AM, Mark C. Langston wrote: > The past 30+ years of email, the past 25 years of BBS use, and the > past 24 years of netnews (aka USENET) and... > Not to be overly-blunt, but "just delete it" is a poor justification > for spam, and just as poor a justification for off-topic posting. > The general rule of thumb is this: if you know it's outside the > scope of the forum to which you wish to post, don't. To be blunt: with such knowledge and experience of netiquette, you should by now know that such posts should be directed to the list owner/moderator and NOT to the list so as to avoid MORE OT posts. It is solely the decision of the list owner/moderator to determine the scope of discussion and extent of tangential exchanges. j mcd -- John McDaniel johnmcd at one.net Sonic Arts Digital Audio Services, Inc.