I think it's time to adapt that sig someone had recently:
"Don't anthropomorphize mailing lists - they hate that"
Jez
Thomas Heide Clausen <T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>@Zuiko.sls.bc.ca on 17-04-2003
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Giles <cnocbui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When I was administering the list, it used to talk to me -
> seriously.
>
> It would send me little messages all the time, sort of gossip. It
> would tell me who had just joined and who had pulled the plug.
>
> These things 'mattered' to it a great deal, I could just tell.
> Spooky huh?
>
> I would even talk back to it sometimes, I mean, it just seemed rude
> not to.
>
> If you don't believe me just ask Thomas, he'll tell you!
>
> Giles
Ohhyes, Giles is definitely right. It's even developed more of a
personality over time. Still, though, it is mostly well-behaved, and
the chatter between the list and I is quite nice for the most part.
If I ignore it, and does not talk back, then it starts to misbehave
and do all sorts of unpleasantries. Only normal, it's getting lonely
and bored :)
--thomas
>
>
> >Perhaps it is best if we just let the list have its own life. It
> >will let us know when the time is right.
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