Mark, the DECtec list proves, I feel, that HECnet members are interested in DEC hardware and software. And these interests are even broader than what DEC manufactured. So various topics get into the mix. The same seems to happen to comp.os.vms where comp.sys.dec kind of posts appear if only because the latter newsgroup is less active and mostly because you know the real experts read cov too. The same applies here. If I'd have a particular RT11 or RSX11M+ question then I"d drop it here ... Hans -----Original Message----- From: Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> Sender: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:34:19 To: <hecnet at Update.UU.SE> Reply-To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] digest mode On 18 Dec 2012, at 00:22, Johnny Billquist wrote: Ouch, Peter. Sorry that I'm contributing to the spam. I do agree that the flurry of mails these last two days have exceeded anything I would normally expect, and it is getting a little much off-topic. Let's see if it calms down some, or else I'll put on my hat and ask for some of it to move elsewhere. The mailing list *is* intended for HECnet specific things, and of course there pops up tangental questions, but Hercules and other things are a little too far out, if you ask me. I have already tried to promote an alternative forum for the more wide ranging topics by starting the DECtec mailing list which is a wider overarching enthusiast list for DEC/Compaq/HP users. In spite of many people from this list also being also subscribed to DECtec it doesn't seem to have worked all that well. The list is mostly silent. The whole idea was prompted by a past period when the list got jammed with non-on-topic posts, a lot of which were interesting and valuable, but didn't concern HECnet. -- Mark Benson http://DECtec.info Twitter: @DECtecInfo HECnet: STAR69::MARK Online Resource & Mailing List for DEC Enthusiasts.