Yeah, thank goodness for Gmail's conversation sorting (it has its moments..).
Althought I totally agree with Ben, you have to admit that the signal itself has been pretty low lately so it makes the noise seem a lot worse.. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected] > wrote: > If it weren't for OWA 2010's conversation view, I would've had to drop out > awhile ago. Thankfully, the Exchange list isn't quite as noisy. > > The only other "quality" forums I know of also have high-noise. > > ________________________________________ > From: Ken Schaefer [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:03 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Good NT sysadmin list? > > Personally I don't really want to wade through 100 messages deleting 75 of > them. When you get 5-600 messages a day, pressing delete for 75% of them > isn't scalable. > > I'm with Ben - can we either have less noise, or can someone recommend a > better list? > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, 28 August 2009 6:14 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Good NT sysadmin list? > > I'd be worried more if that 25% actually took up 25% of my time. But the > delete key's a beautiful thing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:09 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Good NT sysadmin list? > > Anyone here know of a good email list to discuss NT sysadmin issues? > > Seriously, folks, the signal-to-noise ratio on this list is going to hell. > Today we had 15 messages on the definition of a word (here's a > tip: www.google.com), 37 on a cartoon, 8 on banjos, 5 on the security of > Mac's, 7 that were basically bitching about lack of recognition in one's > job, 4 asking if the list was up (email asking if email was working?!?), and > 1 get-well wish in a 3-day-old banned thread. That's 77. Oh, and about 20 > that were actually something like on-topic. > That's a ratio of about 4:1, or 25%. > > Twenty five percent. Ponder that a bit. Would you work for 25% of your > pay? Would you pass a student with a 25% grade average? > > I think it's one thing to have the occasional off-topic message or > thread, or occasional joke. This is something else entirely. This is the > occasional on-topic message in a sea of crap. I've seen Stu kill more > threads in the past 7 days than I've seen him do in the previous year. Is > it too much to ask that people act like adults and exercise a little > self-discipline? > > Whatever happened to "on-topic and low noise"? > > I realize I've been a sometime contributor to some of this myself, and > from this point forward I'm going to strive not to be. I ask that you > please all join me in that. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
