On 20 October 2011 15:58, Akemi Yagi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Troy Dawson posted a note about the Scientific Linux mailing list on > July 1, 2011. I am posting part of his note here because I see some > new "faces" who probably have not read it. Also for those who have > been on the list for a while, this is a reminder. > > Akemi > > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > from Troy Dawson [email protected] > to SL users <[email protected]> > date Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 6:51 AM > > Hello, > The scientific-linux-users mailing list has always been a place that > people could go to for technical help. It is supposed to have fairly > low traffic, and it has had that for quite a while. > > I know that we have recently had an influx of new SL users, and so it > is expected that the technical questions and answer go up. > > But we have also had a very high upswing of *frivolous* emails. > > (snip) > > This mailling list is for people to bring questions about Scientific > Linux, and hopefully they will get answers. > > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > > There was a comment by Steven Haigh who suggested using the SL forums: > > I would also suggest that people wanting to continue the whole posting > style debate or just general things not specifically related to SL do > so on the unofficial forums. > > Here is a good start: > http://scientificlinuxforum.org/index.php?showforum=7 > -- > Steven Haigh > > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > > And a follow-up by John H. Outlan who oversees the forums: > > That's fine. But any rudeness will result in a ban. That's why we are > there in the first place. Just kill 'em with kindness ;)
Thank you for posting the reminder to the list, Akemi. I hope that the one person who has, predominately, been the instigator of a lot of noise on this mailing-list will now find another outlet for his pontifications. Alan.
