At 05:55 5/12/95, Thomas Budar wrote:
>I have been reading this list for a couple of months and have seen the
>topics drift away from firewalls to issues of legal liability to "I
>know this should not be posted here but I have a question anyway..."
>Perhaps It's time to change the name of the list to represent its
>evolving content.
Oh, that's a very helpful suggestion. What a wonderful idea. Gee, why
didn't I think of that; that would solve everything. It's so obvious.
All right folks, I'm going to break the rules and talk about meta-issues.
This is NOT an invitation for discussion; if you feel you simply _have_ to
say something about this topic, say it to me and MCB @
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directly; MOST of the rest of the subscribers aren't interested, and
posting meta-discussions like this just makes things worse.
All mailing lists go through cycles. That's just the way it is. No list
can be low-volume, high-content on a continuous basis. Sometimes its
low-volume, low-content; high-volume, high-content; or high-volume,
low-content. Right now, Firewalls happens to be high-volume, low-content.
Just relax, it'll get better soon; it always does.
And before somebody asks: no, I don't think Firewalls should be moderated,
except as it is now (i.e., on an occasional basis to squelch flame wars).
Many of the best discussions on Firewalls over the last couple of years
have been fast and furious quick-turnaround discussions on various topics.
The time lag involved in moderation would drasticly change that dynamic,
and I think that might destroy the list.
So, if you don't like the volume, switch to the digest (send the commands
"subscribe firewalls-digest" and "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of a
message to "Majordomo @
GreatCircle .
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can handle the volume. Or gateway Firewalls to a local newsgroup and use a
newsreader (a _local_ newsgroup, I said; a net-wide gatewayed Firewalls
newsgroup would almost certainly make the volume/content problems worse,
not better).
If you don't think you're getting enough useful out of the list, then
unsubscribe. Don't whine about it to the rest of us; we don't care, and
you're just making the problem worse. If you want, check back again in a
few weeks; maybe you'll find things more to your liking.
-Brent
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