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Date:      Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:10:56 -0500
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors
Message-ID:  <18756.16640.388575.588297@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <20081213150320.54cbf380@gom.home>
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> <20081213150320.54cbf380@gom.home>

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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





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