Re: [SLUG] This busy list

From: Dylan William Hardison (dylanwh@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Mon May 24 2004 - 01:28:17 EDT


Heh, this list is rather quiet compared to p5p or lkml. :-)

According to my mysql database of this mailing list,
it averages about 90 messages a week. That's from about april 7th
of last year to today. :-)

Spake Paul M Foster on Sunday, May 23, 2004 at 11:43PM -0400:
> This is an example of some of the emails I get:
>
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>
> Problem or Comment:
>
> I have tried to uns*bscr*be, unsuccessfully, from an email discussion
> group. This list is extremely high traffic and I cannot keep up with
> these emails so I just end up deleting about 50 or so daily. Could you
> please remove me from the discussion list to which I am s*bscr*bed Thank
> you very much for your help.
>
> =========================================
>
> When has this list _ever_ produced fifty emails in a day?
>
> And did he mention which lists he's on somewhere and I just didn't
> notice it?
>
> And yep, the uns*bscr*bing instructions on the Lists page only work when
> Derek _doesn't_ have the Twinkie cannon hooked up to the list server's
> UPS. Or when the sunspot activity is low. Or during high tide. Or when I
> use Peter Pan instead of Jif.
>
> Let's see. Should I send this guy detailed instructions for removing
> himself, or just uns*bscr*be him? Hmm....
>
> Paul
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