begin quoting Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade as of Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:54:08PM -0700: > In my experience, no other list is immune from the occasional off- > topic thread. Fully moderated lists generally are. But the moderator probably shouldn't be a major contributor either.
(Not Fidonet-style moderation, but usenet style moderation.) > My solution is to learn to judiciously hit the delete key. Threading > abilities of mail readers help tremendously, as I am able to simply > hit "Delete" once for the whole damn thread whenever it re-appears. Alas, it doesn't help much when searching the arhives. :-/ > Best of luck, and I'm sorry you think we're a bullshit organization! Meh. > On Mar 30, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Michael J McCafferty wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a general Linux mailing list that is on- > >topic, and the signal to noise ratio is better than this list ? I > >have been on this list for about 10yrs. I have almost unsubscribed > >more than a dozen times because of total bullshit threads, > >political rants, and how simple questions turn in to 100 post > >threads that never answer the question. I am looking for a Linux > >professionals list. Linux professionals know how to set up killfiles, or use threaded mailreaders. > > Perhaps someone on this list may know of one that is more like > >what I looking for ? Nope. I figure that something strictly "professional" would be dry, boring, tedious, and lacking in a sense of community. Maybe a moderated for-pay web forum. -- Linux is still a hobbiests' OS. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
