James and "his crew" implemented topic tagging and now the people who get pissed off about massive OT threads just tell the server not to send them... And a growing number of members never saw this "[OT] BGA" thread because [OT] (rather than [OT]: ) gets sent to the "Other" channel (along with all the other mis-tagged threads) and causes a "quick reminder" email directly to the author and more and more people are turning that channel off. For more information, see: http://www.piclist.com#topics --- James Newton (PICList Admin #3) mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com or .org -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Arthur Brown Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 11:32 To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [PICLIST] [OT] BGA James and his crew are / is on Holiday ? who stared this anyway Mr Jinx? Art ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Kunz To: Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [OT] BGA > >>NZ pol > >How come this thread survived so long without being flamed off ? > > It's marked OT. > > Andy > > PS, Sorry, forgot the brackets > > [OT]: > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > "[PIC]:" PIC only "[EE]:" engineering "[OT]:" off topic "[AD]:" ad's > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: "[PIC]:" PIC only "[EE]:" engineering "[OT]:" off topic "[AD]:" ad's -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! use mailto:listserv@mitvma.mit.edu?body=SET%20PICList%20DIGEST