On Jan 31, 2008 2:21 PM, Ryan Simpkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This comes up every now and then... > > The PLUG list is one of the few (maybe the only?) 'open mic' forums for Linux > users in the state. As far as I know (and there may be exceptions) the mailing > list is fully un-moderated and has never been censored (minus spam filtering). > It is up to all of you to either get along, or not, as you so choose. We are a > community - and having unfiltered discussion about whatever topic you think > applies is important. That might lead to disagreements. Let's face it: if you > had problems with people disagreeing, you wouldn't be here. My advice is to > not take it too personally, and participate! You have a right to your say, > even if your say is that we should take away that right - but we still aren't > going to. > > Besides, you do have procmail installed, right? Maybe someone can post > procmail rules as protest to threads they disagree wtih? ;-) > > I don't think we should change anything on this list one bit. I am, however, > going to be setting up two new mailing lists that will be moderated: > > plug-jobs (for those desperately seeking work, and recruiters that spam me). > plug-announce (meeting announcements, and other important stuff) > > __You won't miss anything if you stay subscribed to this list.__ However, if > the e-mail load/topics are too much - keep an eye out for those lists "Coming > Real Soon Now" (TM). > > That said, if a subscriber crosses the line from expressing his/her free ideas > as he/she sees they apply to the Open Source community to full-fledged SPAMMER > - you will be squashed like the bug you are. Also, no breaking the law. I > know, that's going to disappoint a few of you out there. ;-) > > Mmmkay? Back to your regularly scheduled flamefest. > > -Ryan
Thanks for the clarification. -Chad /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
