On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 06:54:40PM -0500, Roger Merchberger wrote:
> Once upon a midnight dreary, Paul J. Schinder had spoken clearly:
> >At 8:18 PM -0500 1/25/99, Peter C. Norton wrote:
>
> >} A moderated list would be a good thing.
> >
> >Moderated how? About all I can think of is that the FAQ's and complaint
> >about "no multiple RCPT" could be removed. That doesn't strike me as all
> >that much of the traffic, although I may just be fooling myself.
> >
> >I agree this is getting to be a high volume list, but I think the better
> >solution to high volume lists is a Usenet newsgroup, where a newsreaders
> >filters can be brought to bear. Maybe it's finally time to start the
> >process?
>
> I was on a SunOS/Solaris admin mailing list, and how they worked it was
> like this:
>
> You posted your original question to the list,
> everyone who wished to reply replied to the *sender*, not the list,
> Then the original poster posted a summary of the help he received back to
> the list, with SUMMARY: ... as the beginning of the subject.
>
> Anyone else think something like this might work here???
That'll take the fire out of most discussions. Stuff like that works for
lists like BUGTRAQ, where stuff is usually either true or untrue. But
on this list, things are really _discussed_. Take for example the spam
thread. Or the RedHat thread. I LOVED those threads.
No, it wouldn't work. Usually. When somebody has a concrete problem, yes,
it might work. But when really discussing stuff, no. So, don't make this
thing moderated.
Greetz, Peter.
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