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    Tim Smith
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    ...so I am going to make some childish fun of the Free Software Foundation. You see, their basement got flooded so they are looking into better mail service just in case it happens again. But they need help setting up their own software. http://www.gnu.org/server/outage-notice.text[^] We are in need of volunteers to donate their time to work on a mail system setup that can scale across multiple machines, hopefully throughout the world. With the help of a few volunteers (thanks to Ward Vandewege in particular), we implemented an anti-spam system using a combination of SpamAssassin and TMDA to reduce the amount of spam sent to GNU mailing lists and tag possible spam sent to individual FSF and GNU email addresses. We need expertise and volunteer time to build an infrastructure using Free Software that can scale the current setup to make use of multiple servers. :laugh: I guess FSF/GNU is cheaper as long as you can con, I mean get other people to donate their time. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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      ...so I am going to make some childish fun of the Free Software Foundation. You see, their basement got flooded so they are looking into better mail service just in case it happens again. But they need help setting up their own software. http://www.gnu.org/server/outage-notice.text[^] We are in need of volunteers to donate their time to work on a mail system setup that can scale across multiple machines, hopefully throughout the world. With the help of a few volunteers (thanks to Ward Vandewege in particular), we implemented an anti-spam system using a combination of SpamAssassin and TMDA to reduce the amount of spam sent to GNU mailing lists and tag possible spam sent to individual FSF and GNU email addresses. We need expertise and volunteer time to build an infrastructure using Free Software that can scale the current setup to make use of multiple servers. :laugh: I guess FSF/GNU is cheaper as long as you can con, I mean get other people to donate their time. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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      Michael P Butler
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      ROFLMAO Tim Smith wrote: You see, their basement got flooded so they are looking into better mail service just in case it happens again. But they need help setting up their own software. Typical techies. Always looking for complicated solutions. Any normal person would just move the stuff out of the freaking basement! Michael "I've died for a living in the movies and tv. But the hardest thing I'll ever do is watch my leading ladies, Kiss some other guy while I'm bandaging my knee." -- The Unknown Stuntman

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        ...so I am going to make some childish fun of the Free Software Foundation. You see, their basement got flooded so they are looking into better mail service just in case it happens again. But they need help setting up their own software. http://www.gnu.org/server/outage-notice.text[^] We are in need of volunteers to donate their time to work on a mail system setup that can scale across multiple machines, hopefully throughout the world. With the help of a few volunteers (thanks to Ward Vandewege in particular), we implemented an anti-spam system using a combination of SpamAssassin and TMDA to reduce the amount of spam sent to GNU mailing lists and tag possible spam sent to individual FSF and GNU email addresses. We need expertise and volunteer time to build an infrastructure using Free Software that can scale the current setup to make use of multiple servers. :laugh: I guess FSF/GNU is cheaper as long as you can con, I mean get other people to donate their time. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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        _Magnus_
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        I would laugh.....if i knew how to set up our own software. :) /Magnus


        - I don't necessarily agree with everything I say

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          ROFLMAO Tim Smith wrote: You see, their basement got flooded so they are looking into better mail service just in case it happens again. But they need help setting up their own software. Typical techies. Always looking for complicated solutions. Any normal person would just move the stuff out of the freaking basement! Michael "I've died for a living in the movies and tv. But the hardest thing I'll ever do is watch my leading ladies, Kiss some other guy while I'm bandaging my knee." -- The Unknown Stuntman

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          Megan Forbes
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          Michael P Butler wrote: Any normal person would just move the stuff out of the freaking basement! :laugh::laugh::laugh: Touche! :-D


          I've always heard that there was an idea behind Win ME... I still can't figure out what that was... anyboy know??? I;ve herad the idea was that it was supposed to be n operating system but I doubt this. - Brian Delahunty

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            ROFLMAO Tim Smith wrote: You see, their basement got flooded so they are looking into better mail service just in case it happens again. But they need help setting up their own software. Typical techies. Always looking for complicated solutions. Any normal person would just move the stuff out of the freaking basement! Michael "I've died for a living in the movies and tv. But the hardest thing I'll ever do is watch my leading ladies, Kiss some other guy while I'm bandaging my knee." -- The Unknown Stuntman

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            Moving it wasn't an option for some reason. But we can ignore that for a little longer just to laugh at them. :) Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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              ...so I am going to make some childish fun of the Free Software Foundation. You see, their basement got flooded so they are looking into better mail service just in case it happens again. But they need help setting up their own software. http://www.gnu.org/server/outage-notice.text[^] We are in need of volunteers to donate their time to work on a mail system setup that can scale across multiple machines, hopefully throughout the world. With the help of a few volunteers (thanks to Ward Vandewege in particular), we implemented an anti-spam system using a combination of SpamAssassin and TMDA to reduce the amount of spam sent to GNU mailing lists and tag possible spam sent to individual FSF and GNU email addresses. We need expertise and volunteer time to build an infrastructure using Free Software that can scale the current setup to make use of multiple servers. :laugh: I guess FSF/GNU is cheaper as long as you can con, I mean get other people to donate their time. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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              Cliff Dabrowski
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              FSF is the primary provider of infrastructure for the GNU Project. We have only one system person on staff, and our volunteer ranks are sadly dwindling, not growing. We desperately need donations to continue providing uninterrupted Internet services for the Free Software Community. sadly dwindling.... Hand me a tissue :(( When will this community get a clue and realize you can't give nor get everything for free. Success is measured by ones ability to mask complexity with simplicity.

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                FSF is the primary provider of infrastructure for the GNU Project. We have only one system person on staff, and our volunteer ranks are sadly dwindling, not growing. We desperately need donations to continue providing uninterrupted Internet services for the Free Software Community. sadly dwindling.... Hand me a tissue :(( When will this community get a clue and realize you can't give nor get everything for free. Success is measured by ones ability to mask complexity with simplicity.

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                Chris Losinger
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                Cliff Dabrowski wrote: When will this community get a clue and realize you can't give nor get everything for free. interesting statement to make on a site like this... -c


                "[it was..] one of those evenings when you feel that not only will there definitely be a revolution, but that the Association of Manufacturers will foot the bill." -- Umberto Eco, Foucault's Pendulum

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                  ...so I am going to make some childish fun of the Free Software Foundation. You see, their basement got flooded so they are looking into better mail service just in case it happens again. But they need help setting up their own software. http://www.gnu.org/server/outage-notice.text[^] We are in need of volunteers to donate their time to work on a mail system setup that can scale across multiple machines, hopefully throughout the world. With the help of a few volunteers (thanks to Ward Vandewege in particular), we implemented an anti-spam system using a combination of SpamAssassin and TMDA to reduce the amount of spam sent to GNU mailing lists and tag possible spam sent to individual FSF and GNU email addresses. We need expertise and volunteer time to build an infrastructure using Free Software that can scale the current setup to make use of multiple servers. :laugh: I guess FSF/GNU is cheaper as long as you can con, I mean get other people to donate their time. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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                  Jason Gerard
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                  For geeks, you would think they would know that you don't build a server room in a basement for this exact reason. Jason Gerard "This almost never matters, except quite often."

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