Brian, On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Brian Cluff wrote: > I've just enabled Topics on this mailing list. By default you should > continue to receive all the mail like you always have. > If you really don't want to receive messages that have OT:or Politics: in > their subject line, you can enable topics by choosing any topic in the > settings for your account on the mailing list. > > You have to select at least one topic to turn on topics. I've setup a > topic that keys on the word Linux that you can select to turn on topics for > yourself. You will also want to select Yes on the question "Do you want to > receive messages that do not match any topic filter?". If you don't you > will ONLY get messages with the word Linux in the subject. > > Once you have topics turns on you will no longer receive messages that are > flagged with OT: or Politics: (Unless you have also selected that you want > them). > > Keep in mind that most messages that are Flagged with OT really are on > topic. For those of us that are getting all the messages we should be good > at removeing the OT from the message when this happens. > > If you really don't care, don't do anything and you should continue to > receive messages the same way as you always have. > > Of course if you are a person that decides that you need to ram your off > topic of political message down peoples throats by continually removing the > OT or Politics from your message, you will quickly find yourself > moderated... so don't do it. Unless of course the conversation has sung > back on topic. > > Please let me know ASAP if you see any weirdness. This is something that > I have never setup on a mailing list and I'm just hoping that it doesn't go > terribly wrong. > > I hope this helps those PLUGgers that dislike the off topic messages. I > personally don't care, they almost never last very long unless it's an off > topic conversion complaining about off topic conversation :) > > Brian Cluff > Great Solution! Use the Source Luke! Thanks Much -- (503) 754-4452 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** it-clowns.com Chief Clown