From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Sep 4 11:30:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA06419 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:30:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from xylan.com (postal.xylan.com [208.8.0.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA06407 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:30:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from mailhub.xylan.com by xylan.com (8.8.7/SMI-SVR4 (xylan-mgw 2.1 [OUT])) id LAA10343; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:31:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from utah.XYLAN.COM by mailhub.xylan.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (mailhub 2.1 [HUB])) id LAA06978; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:28:29 -0700 Received: from softweyr.com by utah.XYLAN.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (xylan utah [SPOOL])) id MAA13830; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 12:28:28 -0600 Message-ID: <35F18210.6B58C555@softweyr.com> Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 12:25:20 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eivind Eklund CC: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Better SNR suggestion for the mailing lists References: <35EF0C6D.C3ACAD5F@netvision.net.il> <19980904002302.28650@follo.net> <35EF1D18.FF4A06B3@netvision.net.il> <19980904011815.33295@follo.net> <35F088FB.F21D9102@softweyr.com> <19980904024855.00747@follo.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Eivind Eklund wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 04, 1998 at 06:42:35PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > > > > 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. > > This may a be a good idea for -hackers and -current - but for a good > architecture list, I think we need a real moderator. We _don't_ want > to get it over-trafficed and have the brilliant coders quit it. As usual, we're in violent agreement here. IIRC, the original charter of -hackers was for people hacking on FreeBSD; writing system apps that need intimate knowlege of the system, but not necessarily for the core team. I think the idea of an architecture list that is moderated is a great idea, but moderating such a list can become a BIG job. Another feature that would be great would be to allow "lurker", or read-only, subscriptions for those who would like to follow the discussions but are not yet ready to participate. -- 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