Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 00:09:32 +0200 From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org> To: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, jmb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mailing list freebsd-port-announce Message-ID: <19990427000932.35187@panke.de.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199904262137.OAA21400@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>; from Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami on Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 02:37:11PM -0700 References: <19990426222304.18389@panke.de.freebsd.org> <199904262137.OAA21400@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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On 1999-04-26 14:37:11 -0700, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote: > * From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org> > > * Many users ask me if I can sent the 'New ports added/updated last two > * weeks' mail to a low volume mailing list. > * > * freebsd-announce is not the right mailing list - some users > * don't wants ports information or large mails. > > Well, there are many other messages sent to announce that are only > relevant to 99% of the users, so I don't know what they are I got complains. > complaining about. As for the size, I don't remember the size of the > last mail but I don't think it was *that* big. usually 40-50 KBytes, 1000-1400 lines per mail. > * So I think we should setup a moderated freebsd-port-announce > * mailing list. > > (rolling eyes) > > Why don't you just post a URL to freebsd-announce and put the main > thing on the web? You can even be cuter and make hyperlinks and > stuff. The mails is generated from the web site ;-) Many user still prefer mail instead the 'klick here often' ;-)) -- Wolfram Schneider <wosch@freebsd.org> http://wolfram.schneider.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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