On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 20:11, adam wrote: > Hi all, [snip] > Now, I'm not criticising this list (debian-user), but I find myself deleting > messages from this list that I haven't even had time to read the subject of > ! So I'm wondering if anyone knows of a debian-user/admin list that runs the > same sort of policy. > The problem is "why bother?" - a lot of the value of this list lies in the vast array of expertise and opinions. The wheat and chaff come in one huge blizzard.
The downside to this is volume of messages. I just unsubscribed from Gentoo user which has 600 or so subscribers. Thats a good size as almost every topic has a lurker who knows that topic, posts only on that topic and is usually right on the money. Debian-user seems a lot busier...every problem posted gets at least 2 and often 4 replies all of which are spot on. And there seems a lot more users but I have no idea how many subscribers there are. Its my experience that if you want help, it comes within 60 minutes of posting a plea for help. If you want to help, just read posts with subjects that interest you. As a rule of thumb, don't read anything over 48 hours old unless you really have time to spare. I delete them because debian kindly archives them on the website. Which is a long way of saying that there are not any other debian-lists that will meet your needs... -- Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
