Re: [CH] Irrelevant postings V8 #433
Ed Johnson (ejohnso1@maine.rr.com)
Thu, 27 Sep 2001 09:58:19 -0400
The List Cop has spoken...
Cameron Begg wrote:
>
> Hi C-H's,
>
> I am sorry that I have to remind some of you to be more considerate
> of what you post. This is especially important to those of us who
> subscribe to receive the digest. The digest is a compilation of
> recent postings to the C-H list and is set to cut off at a file size
> of about 40kB. I thought I was subscribed to a list for the
> discussion about plants in the genus Capsicum and so I am not pleased
> to have a high percentage of the digest contain irrelevant content.
>
> I do not use a Wintel computer and have no interest in Windows virus
> problems. FWIW the owner of the list has set it to not accept
> attachments or process anything other than plain ASCII text.
>
> I am proud to be a citizen of the US and the UK, but especially in
> these difficult times I do not want to have flags waved in my face.
> Remember that this is an international forum for the discussion of
> chile peppers and as such could and should be a refuge from the
> horrors referred to.
>
> It is bad manners to continually re-post the same messages. You
> really need to learn how to cut out the relevant part of the message
> you are replying to, and paste ONLY THAT PART into your reply.
>
> The C-H's are a delightful group of people and I am looking forward
> to seeing all who show up for the "Open Fields." This list is one of
> the most polite, interesting, amusing and flame free that I have ever
> seen. Please let us keep it that way.
> --
> ---
> Regards, Cameron.