Hi Sergei; One of the drawbacks of an non-moderated mailing list is that off topic threads can be started and continued (until the admin intervenes). Personally though I think that some of these off topic posts can provide an interesting slant to the list. Also many feel that there is some level of subjectivity in "on/off topic" so you need to be cognizant of that. If things start to get out of hand, I intervene when I feel it's necessary.
As Jim mentioned it is usually pretty straight forward to add a filtering rule to your email client to filter these messages (if the poster used "OT" or "Off topic" in the subject line). Best Regards, Art On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Becky and Kirk <[email protected]> wrote: > > Come on now---from what I see, posts are almost always indeed on topic, but > if something interesting in the conversation leaks in, people can always > still press DELETE. > > Kirk...... > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Loeffler" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 9:03 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Offtopic Filter > >> Hi Jim, >> >> I think Sergei was trying to make a point. :-) There are too many people >> on this list who do stray from the topic of meteorites. NASA going after an >> ex-astronaut to get an old camera back has NOTHING to do with meteorites. >> >> Regards, >> >> Bob >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim >> Wooddell >> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 1:43 PM >> To: Sergei Schmalz >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Offtopic Filter >> >> Sergei, >> >> Most email clients, both online and computer based, such as Outlook, >> etc. have just what you ask for. You might try looking at your own >> filters. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jim Wooddell >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Sergei Schmalz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Greetings! >>> >>> Please, could we have a filter, which, when switched on for a particular >> >> subscribed user, would filter out all offtopic non-meteorite messages >> (marked, say, by OT)? It's becoming a big daily burden to have to delete >> manually or even look through all these massive offtopic messages coming >> into my email box. Come on, I really dont have a need of NASA suing someone >> for a camera or Crabs out there on a METEORITE list! There's a plenty of >> other astronomy discussion boards and lists for that purpose. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> With best regards >>> Sergei Schmalz >>> ______________________________________________ >>> Visit the Archives at >> >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>> >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3743 - Release Date: 07/04/11 >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
