What gives has the list server gone belly up?

[Andrew L. Gould]

On Saturday 20 December 2003 06:00 am, David A. Bandel wrote:
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> On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 22:35:18 +0000
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> Alma J Wetzker <almaw at ieee.org> wrote:
> > Leon Goldstein wrote:
> > > Collins wrote:
> > >> Yeah, back in the Caldera list days, newbies needed an asbestos
> > >
> > >suit > to fight the flames!  The list has mellowed out.  I'll throw
> > >out a few > tidbits later.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Either my memory is bad, or my brains have turned into asbestos, but
> > > I never got the impression this list was ever neophyte-incendiary.
> > > (Now here is a topic to start a flame war with!)
> >
> > It did have some issues.  If you wanted to learn linux to be a linux
> > guru and sysadmin, the list was quite helpful.  If you just wanted to
> > use linux to get some other job done, well, some folks got a little
> > short tempered with their answers.
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> You mean like: RTFM!!

Odd:  Most people who respond with "RTMF!" never stop with **just** "RTMF!"  
Perhaps the acronym needs a few more letters.      ;-)

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> Ciao,
>
> David A. Bandel