Noise! (was Re: [plug] Linux Journal)

[Luigi Cantoni]

> On Thu, Aug 06, 1998 at 11:05:29AM +0800, Christian wrote:
> > 
> > Anyway, no one should take this personally but the list will be a more
> > concise and useful resource if people just use a bit of common sense
> > before posting.  Ask yourselves, "Does everyone else really want or need
> > to hear this?" and "Is there a faster/easier/better way of getting this
> > information?" (eg, web search/IRC/man pages/howto) before you hit send.
> 
> I agree. One list that I really like the format of is osf-managers.
> This is a very busy list with some strict rules. Answers to questions
> are posted to the individual not to the list. The original poster is
> then required to post a summary (with SUMMARY being the first word of
> the subject). This works great. The noise is cut down and an archive of
> the summaries make a fantastic help source that people are reqested to
> search first [I normally dont need to go further].
> Bevan 
Great idea how should it be implemented here as it would definately
make for a better list.
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Luigi Cantoni: lui at stm.com.au       ,-_|\         STM