[HECnet] digest mode

[Johnny Billquist]

Ouch, Peter. Sorry that I'm contributing to the spam. I do agree that the flurry of mails these last two days have exceeded anything I would normally expect, and it is getting a little much off-topic.

Let's see if it calms down some, or else I'll put on my hat and ask for some of it to move elsewhere.

The mailing list *is* intended for HECnet specific things, and of course there pops up tangental questions, but Hercules and other things are a little too far out, if you ask me.

	Johnny

On 2012-12-18 00:58, Peter Coghlan wrote:


And it's far easier to implement digest than get users to behave.


If there is a problem with the way people are behaving, I think it is
better
to try to encourage and reward better behaviour than to try to accomodate
it.

Sorry, that should be read "get users to change behaviour."   I don't want
to restrict what anyone wants to talk about, personally.


Sorry - I misunderstood.


Sorry again, I don't feel you're trying to oppress anyone.   And I
appreciate kicking the tires before buying the car.   In my particular case
- and I can accept it graciously if I'm the only one - I would be very
happy if the HECnet list were available in digest form.   I just don't see
that impinging on any other forms.   If Mailman is adopted, it's already
part of the picture.


It looks like there are others that want digests and that digests are on
the way anyway.

I think that there are other issues with the list, unrelated to digests.
I was under the mistaken impression that others were trying to diplomatically
raise these issues and offer suggestions at possible solutions. It appears
that I was quite wrong there and I have now run out of diplomacy myself.

I wonder would it be possible to make available a mailing list where only
issues closely related to HECnet are discussed and where a policy of "no point
in making one post when ten will do" does not prevail?

I don't really have any use for a mailing list that has so far today produced
100+ messages on topics as diverse as 2.11BSD and GAWK on IA64 plus lots of
administrative stuff and containing buried within a few little gems of
importance to HECnet members, whether it has digests or not.

Regards,
Peter Coghlan.



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