Ditto...

Good job Shannon! I couldn't have said that better myself.

Like Shannon, I read EVERYTHING that comes in from the list, EVERYDAY and
usually don't grasp each thread but I don't stop reading. I usually only
post when I need help, so I would like to take this opportunity to say
THANKS to everyone who contributes to the list. As Shannon said I don't
think everyone realizes how valuable those post are to this list. This list
has helped me solve problems, make decisions, upgrade, teach, and learn.

Let me stop, I could go on and on. So thanks again everyone I really
appreciate it, and also a special thanks to the admin's who keep this list
up and the archives available. Without a searchable archive of this list, I
would have been in trouble many times over.

Sincerely,
Mark Bertrand

-----Original Message-----
From: Shannon Bach [mailto:SBach AT MGE DOT COM]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:56 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: EXCLUDE / Client Opt and 2K3



Some of my co-workers think I'm nuts because everyday, the first thing I do
in the morning, is open my email program and start to read all the postings
from this list that occurred while I was out of the office.  Sometimes it
takes me 1/2 hour to get through all of them.  And then all day long
whenever I am at my desk as more postings pop up, I always try to keep up
with them.  I'll admit I don't always grasp the whole content of each
listing, and in fact many of the listings I don't even understand.  Do I
read them anyway?  You bit I do.  Unlike many others around me, I know I
don't know everything, I only know what I know :~)   And so this morning,
just like every other day, I had either read or glanced through all the
postings, not even realizing how my mind was storing little tidbits away.
Then, around an hour ago, I got a call from the administrator of several of
my TSM clients.  He was requ esting an new node, .... my first Win2003 TSM
Client!   I could have gone to a class or read all the latest TECH
magazines, and still would not have learned all the valuable information I
have learned from this one thread, in just 1 DAY!   And since my TSM Server
(MVS OS/390 2.10) recently upgraded from V4.2.2 directly to V5.1.7.0 without
a hitch (thanks again, to this list!!), I would have been pulling my hair
out over those duplicate option messages!  I remember having had to deal
with those same messages back in a V3 version when adding CLOPTSET's for the
first time!  And I was able to give a clear explaination to the client, on
exactly how the TSM backup would work for his particular Win2003 client.
And so even though I know others have done so before:

To    Richard Sims   Andy Raibeck   Zoltan Forray

Gentlemen,
Thank you!  I don't think you realize how valuable a source you are to so
many of us TSMers who silently, on a daily basis, benefit from your postings
to this list.

And,
Thank you!  To the many others whom, on a regular basis, contribute to this
list!

And,
Thank you! To those whom have helped off the list (you know who you are :~))