I think when you decide to have a closed list, it is certainly as appropriate to just compose e-mails to each other that you want to send the private messages to.
if i host a closed offtopic list - then it is still work on my part to be able to guarantee for myself that no activities are taking place that i am somehow liable for. i think person-to-person e-mail for offtopic content is best. Thanks On 1/3/2010, "Roger E. Rustad, Jr." <roger.rus...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Dino K <socalli...@cloudcomp.info> wrote: > >> I second this, we could just theoretically add another mailling list to the >> socallinux listserv, something like linuxusers-offtopic or >> offto...@socallinux.org. >> >> Or even something as simple as gene...@socallinux.org >> > >I would also suggest telling people who subscribe to each understand its >particular role. > >For example, if you join offtopic, prepare to have a thick skin and know >that nothing is archived. If you join general, then know that everything is >public facing and that there we put our better foot forward. In short, set >up the "collision domain", ask nicely that people abide by them, and chances >are that you will get some cooperation. > >(A big problem with this approach is that a lot of useful conversations get >excluded from the main list, but I think that this is the best way of >solving this, lest you risk the appearance of being too heavy handed) _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
