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prad writes:

>  > 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.

	Well, yes.  On the other hand, spamming a mailing list full of
computer geeks - crochety and otherwise - is about as productive as
trying to rob a bar full of police.


					Robert Huff