On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, Benj wrote:
> An excerpt from the article in UNIX INSIDER --- 02/26/2002
>
> Another Linux list is nothing new; there are probably dozens of
> them, if not more. However, they follow the discussion model, in
> which a list member puts forth a topic and other list subscribers
> respond in RE: fashion. The results, says Ahmed, is that they
> wind up "bombing your inbox with a lot of nonsense messages."
> Linuxmanagers takes a different approach, modeled on the
> Sun-Managers list: Problem/Solution, a concept developed by John
> DiMarco, CSLab systems manager at the University of Toronto.
I second to that. What basically happens in
Sun-Manager is that someone ask a question,
people in the list respond to the guy/gal,
not to the list.
The guy/gal then sends to the list an e-mail
that gives credits to people who responded
to him/her, and summarizes the answer to
the question.
It's clear, neat and won't clutter your inbox.
list manager of the plug mailing lists, can
we do that?
Example of a post:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Credits:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I really want to extend my sincere thanks to the following people for
responding to my request for help. Many of the suggestions were very
useful in getting me pointed in the right directions to finally track
down the ultimate solution. (In particular, I discovered that the
normal output from snoop is *not* the same as the packet data saved to
a file when using the -o flag. This realization turned snoop into a
useful monitoring tool! :-))
Joe Garbarino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cheryl L. Southard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Jonathan Loh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Erwin Fritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
John W. Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Daniel R. Falconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Daniel Kluge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Richard Skelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Casper Dik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Martin Huber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Bob Bridgham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
David Crane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ken Corum <Sun Customer Support>
Patrick Bigos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Summary of suggestions:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here, I will quickly summarize the suggestions submitted by the above
people.
Joe Garbarino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Set the "keep-hot-count" entry to 0 in the /etc/nscd.conf. The man
page says:
keep-hot-count cachename value
This attribute allows the administrator to set the number of
entries nscd(1M) is to keep current in the specified cache.
value is an integer number which should approximate the number
of entries frequently used during the day.
This suggestion would probable also work since this would likely be
equivalent to disabling the cache.
Cheryl L. Southard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Touch the file /etc/notrouter. As the answerbook says:
When the machine reboots, the startup script looks for the
presence
of the /etc/notrouter file. If the file exists, the startup script
does not run in.routed -s or in.rdisc -r, and does not turn on IP
forwarding on all interfaces configured "up" by ifconfig. This
happens regardless of whether an /etc/gateways file exists.
* Add a "default_route" line to the /etc/asppp.cf file.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
regards,
---
Andre M. Varon, SCSA
http://andre.lasaltech.com
Fear can hold you prisoner, Hope can set you free.
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