Daniel J McDonald said: > On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 22:58 -0800, Dennis Peterson wrote: > >> >> Is there a possibility there could be separate ClamAV mail lists for >> Linux >> and Windows newbies, and another for Email professionals? I can't be the >> only one who senses a need. > > I'd recommend against splitting: > > 1. Who is going to sign up for clamav-clueless-newbie? > > 2. Part of your responsibility in using open source tools is to provide > support to others. That's a key difference between an open-source model > and a proprietary model: nobody pays for support, so everyone who does > have a clue is responsible for providing it. That's also how we keep > the developers focused on the task of keeping clamav the best > virus-protection in the world - by offloading the job of educating > newcomers to those of us who aren't involved in the development. > > -- > Daniel J McDonald, CCIE # 2495, CNX > Austin Energy
I'm not buying it, and to infer the list for the inexperienced admin be named something offensive is absurd. I think you're pulling my chain, there, Daniel. A new list, Clamav-Advanced, on the other hand, could be self-filtering. But not likley to happen. So I'll suggest what I suggested on the old VNC list: voluntarily place [Windows] or [Linux] or [BSD], etc in the subject line so we can pre-filter what is not important to each of us. I'm certain Windows users' eyes roll back in their heads when some heavy Solaris discussions are going on, and if I never read about a stunned and helpless admin who can't find an RPM distro of the latest release of ClamAV again I'll be one happy camper. There isn't time to wade through all the jabber about OS specific topics for which I am not the solution nor an interested party. It is a simple matter of efficiency and goes to effectivity as well. dp _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
