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>Joe User uses their web browser to search one of the many web search engine
>for the card they have a problem with...up comes a FreeBSD page that talks
>about the driver written for FreeBSD. Joe User sees (in Charlie Brown style)
>WAA, WAA, WAA, (his card), WAA, WAA, WAA, WAA (mailing list name).
>Joe User send message to mailling list.
>
>It is annoying to see M$ questions, but Joe User is not informed enough to
>know that your web page is not close enough to what he wants to know. I get
>them all the time.

The technological solution to this problem would be to only allow
postings from members of the list.  Non-members would get a reply that
politely explains what the mailing list is for, what FreeBSD is, and
that if they're still interested and try again, their mail _will_ be
forwarded to the list.  The list server would keep a cache of
non-members that mailed in the last 48 hrs, and allow them to post to
the list without being a member.  

It would also serve as a simple spam filter as most spammers don't
read the replies or use a fake reply-to address.

But this discussion is getting off the point...

Cheers,
	Mark

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