Peter Johansson writes: 

> Koebel, Alen writes:

>> Since our IT department discourages subscribing to mailing lists because 
>> of the traffic (if everyone did it...), I drop in and out of the list, 
>> subscribing only when I have a specific question (I check the archives 
>> first). Will I be a "newbie" every time I resubscribe? 

> Erm?  Does your IT department not allow you to surf the Web?  You'll
> generate more bandwidth downloading a single web page with graphics
> than several days worth of traffic even on a moderately high volume
> mailing list.

I didn't say it made *sense.* But that was the IT department's 
explanation when I asked about this policy. I'd have better luck 
fighting city hall. Maybe I'm supposed to kneel and bow in their 
general direction. ;->
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