Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 15:24:42 -0400 From: Mark Handley <mjh@east.isi.edu> To: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@plains.nodak.edu> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: windows 98 Message-ID: <4458.899321082@north.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 01 Jul 1998 12:57:10 CDT." <199807011757.MAA19802@plains.NoDak.edu>
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>Joe User uses their web browser to search one of the many web search engine >for the card they have a problem with...up comes a FreeBSD page that talks >about the driver written for FreeBSD. Joe User sees (in Charlie Brown style) >WAA, WAA, WAA, (his card), WAA, WAA, WAA, WAA (mailing list name). >Joe User send message to mailling list. > >It is annoying to see M$ questions, but Joe User is not informed enough to >know that your web page is not close enough to what he wants to know. I get >them all the time. The technological solution to this problem would be to only allow postings from members of the list. Non-members would get a reply that politely explains what the mailing list is for, what FreeBSD is, and that if they're still interested and try again, their mail _will_ be forwarded to the list. The list server would keep a cache of non-members that mailed in the last 48 hrs, and allow them to post to the list without being a member. It would also serve as a simple spam filter as most spammers don't read the replies or use a fake reply-to address. But this discussion is getting off the point... Cheers, Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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