[Wine] After years - goodbye to Wine-Users

[John Drescher]

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 2:06 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > >  If I haven't saved the whole thread
>  >  >  in GMail then it becomes pointless to try and help or even figure out
>  >  >  what the discussion is about.
>  >  >
>  >  With gmail I just never delete (unless spam). All of the wine messages
>  >  go to my wine folder and I clear out the inbox every time I check my
>  >  mail with archive.
>  >
>  >  John
>  >
>  Hi John,
>    Yeah, but I already have 4GB of email in my GMail account and I've
>  been reluctant to let it grow further even though they allow 6+GB now.
>
I see. I am only at the 1.1 GB point right now...

>
>    After all, it isn't like I can't participate. I'll just look at the
>  forums once in awhile. In the meantime I won't have to deal with so
>  much silly noise. To me the value of forums is that they don't invade
>  your life. Folks who like participating that way look when they are
>  interested. On the other hand folks who want to be on an email list
>  generally like to stay informed. I've always used my Linux lists
>  almost like a news source. Now I'll have to go get my news instead of
>  having it delivered to my doorstep. To me that's a step backwards but
>  preferable in this case.
>
I find it annoying/awkward that the two are linked as well in the
current form. Perhaps this will improve over  time.

John