I personally do not see the problem with any discussion on a particular forum, but I am relatively new to this group, so I will offer to take this discussion offline with anyone who is still interested. (But of course, I see it as the market supporting it by the fact that people are responding and engaging in the discussion, that is on par with what I have been defending. ) With that said, since I am relatively new in town and to this list, what are the rules / the prescribed topics? What topics are accepted? Since this is a LUG mailing list, I would assume that Linux is the obvious allowed topic. Are all these networking questions that have been floating around also looked down upon since they are not directly Linux related (the last one I read was talking about Cisco switches)? Is it a faux pas to respond? I have seen a few computers being offered for sale, and since this list is not a commercial venture, is that equally looked down upon? The last thing I really want to do is disenfranchise anyone by disseminating information to a distribution list of like minded individuals, that has a specific topic that is strictly enforced. Does there exist an actual hierarchy or judicial system for this board to keep it on track? Since this is a "little" passive agressive, I am still highly curious as to responsed to my questions posted. If this board is to be strictly on topic, then I will respond in kind. I apologise for my assumption that this was a community, not just a help board. Please forgive my intrusion. Regards, Simmons -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20100824/476a3415/attachment.htm