From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Sep 3 18:03:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA02334 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 18:03:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA02290; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 18:02:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmb) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199809040102.SAA02290@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Better SNR suggestion for the mailing lists In-Reply-To: <35F088FB.F21D9102@softweyr.com> from Wes Peters at "Sep 4, 98 06:42:35 pm" To: wes@softweyr.com (Wes Peters) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 18:02:58 -0700 (PDT) Cc: eivind@yes.no, ycs@netvision.net.il, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Wes Peters wrote: > Eivind Eklund wrote: > > > > Well, moderated lists generally have more benefits than closed-to-post > > lists. The problems are mostly when discussions start warping with > > the regular subscribers, anyway... > > Yeah, we tend to get a lot of discussions that should be moved to -chat > more quickly. > > Perhaps a semi-moderated list would work well, where the "moderator(s)" > can kill a topic? I don't know of Majordomo, or any other list manager, > supports such a feature, but it would sure be nice. how do you kill a thread? this technology has defied usenet for years ;) jmb > > On Planet FreeBSD, such a kill would be a sure sign the thread needs to > move to -chat or just DIE. > > -- > Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? > > Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061 > Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message