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On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 12:24 +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote: I said > > Interesting that my wife and colleagues are regularly asked to clear out > > their mailboxes as the server is clogged up with their huge bank of > > top-posted emails which grow in size each post. > > That's an intersting one ... To me, it demonstrates that the IT department > where she works is not doing their job, because their job is to support > the users, who are their customers, and the customer is always right ... I think the memory requirements are huge. Their servers seem to be inadequate. > > However her IT deparment could probably do a better job of education in > the first place, so large in-boxes and tails of top-posted emails don't > happen. Numpties come to mind. > > > James > > > > PS She wants a Linux box now as her computers take an interminable time > > to produce a working screen. She sees my startup in seconds from suspend > > and is quietly envious. > > Ecvellent - hope she's in a position of power at her workplace to make it > happen :) Zero power. Numpties rule OK? On the one occasion she mentioned using a couple of free software programmes she was treated with contempt as knowing zilch about real computing. Slammed into her place as an ignoramus. I won't go into the details of how difficult her work updating various sections of the website are with the CMS she has been given nor how she had to advise a consultant brought in by them to improve it. -- james kilty http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html