Note I removed the [OT]. :-) I think this is right on topic because there have been many complaints from all level of users about the difficulty of finding useful information in the archive. If the archive was better managed, list traffic could be substantially reduced. For that matter, just having the URL attached as part of the signature would probably greatly reduce traffic (and would remove the "I didn't know there was an archive," or "I didn't know how to find it" excuses.
But the idea of tagging questions and responses with some pre-defined elements is intriguing and certainly would add value to the archive. -----Original Message----- From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 7:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OT] RE: all this traffic You get right to the point don't you Mark :-) ? I think online forums are much easier to use than mailing lists because they're easier to search for previous questions and you can easily ignore uninteresting topics. However, one practice I like is the use of [OT] to designate clearly off topic threads like this one. I filter those mails to a different folder for convenience; I wish more people used that convention. Ironically this thread is only increasing the amount of traffic. Dave >From: "Galbreath, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: all this traffic >Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 18:42:00 -0400 > >You could also try unsubscribing when you are going to be away. Or simply >hold your shift key, highlight the lot, and <delete>. Why should the list >have to be inconvenienced because you lack management skills? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jonas Bjornerstedt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 6:43 PM >To: Struts Users Mailing List >Subject: all this traffic > > >Hello all, > >A couple of days away from my computer has resulted in 473 unread postings. >It's a bit frustrating trying to use a high traffic mailing list like this >one. Here are some suggestions: > >- Have a struts-answers mailing list. If I found a discussion interesting - >such as the one on container managed security - I could simply forward it >to >the answers list. The cost of asking a question could be to compile the >answers and submit it to the list. This could be a cheap way of getting >better documentation. > >- A struts-beginners list might be a good idea too. Sometimes the blind are >not all that bad at leading the blind. > >- One could also consider having a struts-tags list. With JSF coming, there >are going to be more people that are not interested in the Struts tags. > >Jonas > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _________________________________________________________________ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
