From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 13 23:03:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3D4A1065670 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:03:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4D928FC19 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:03:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd5ml1no-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.153.166]) by pd5mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 13 Dec 2008 16:03:21 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=i-O6DF06dJCivi8sF_4A:9 a=yZS__EMVrntmBTcB75QA:7 a=eLjCG2ByaFcKe6ObULDXDeaPBjwA:4 a=D02SvSX6Ox4A:10 a=hMM2GHGroxMA:10 Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom.home) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd5ml1no-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 13 Dec 2008 16:03:21 -0700 Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AAD61701E for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:03:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:03:20 -0800 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081213150320.54cbf380@gom.home> In-Reply-To: <87ej0bkcr8.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <200812112345.20572.perlcat@alltel.net> <20081212174607.GC36348@kokopelli.hydra> <4942B6A3.504@gmail.com> <18754.48923.616173.319215@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20081212205614.GB37185@kokopelli.hydra> <31371229120906@webmail12.yandex.ru> <87iqppdlzh.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081213002037.F5665@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081213092104.GC39031@kokopelli.hydra> <20081213103054.B8893@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081213194302.GA51063@kokopelli.hydra> <20081213122621.001352ad@gom.home> <87ej0bkcr8.fsf@kobe.laptop> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:03:21 -0000 On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:04:43 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > We have a fantastic postmaster, who is single-handedly managing dozens > of mailing lists, replying to posts about email problems for the > entire *.FreeBSD.org domain, and making sure that we get as little > spam as possible. That sort of service that is so good and so > transparent that it is _very_ easy to forget how useful and thankless > it is. > very true! i've been surprised at the low spam ratio here for sure! we all owe a debt of gratitude to this postmaster. > We seem to be doing quite fine without moderation so far. > that's pretty cool and certainly says something about the quality of people on this list. the abrasive stuff is minimal as compared to other lists i've been on too. thanks for the info. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's