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- From: arl@cs.hut.fi (Ari Lemmke)
- Subject: Re: linux activists not very active
- In-Reply-To: esaffle@gmuvax2.gmu.edu's message of Sun, 13 Dec 1992 15:57:19 GMT
- Message-ID: <ARL.92Dec15041033@deathstar.cs.hut.fi>
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- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
- References: <1992Dec13.155719.22573@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 02:10:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec13.155719.22573@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> esaffle@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Ed Saffle aka L. Ron Hoover) writes:
- :I've noticed a distinct decrease in the volume of mail in the activists
- :mailing list. Say, down to 0 now! I think i've seen snatches of conversation
- :about the list...but our newsfeed is VERY behind! Can anyone mail me
- :and tell me why? Just curious is all...
-
- Once again ;-) should this be FAQ?
-
- Linux-Activists should now be running. The list has
- been disabled due the problems it caused; too high
- mail volume. Now many channels are digested - I'm
- still going to make it better, even allow some
- people send to digested channel undigested mails
- (moderators?). I reprogrammed everything using perl,
- because it has nice string functions .. and it is
- fast enough.
-
- Digested channels are:
- 680x0 configs doc
- fsf gcc interviews
- kernel mgr msdos
- net normal scsi
- serial slip sound
- tape term uucp
- x11
-
- These are currently sent daily. When Mail-Net configuring
- gets better I might change some digested channels
- sent twice in a day etc. Lists having less than about
- 50 users are sent directly.
-
- The system is going to look soon like mail based "irc" ..
- and give more service for ALPHA/BETA testers, for which
- the list mainly appear. There are much more better places
- to ask FAQs, like "telnet your.archie.site","login: archie",
- "prog inux".
-
- I'm going to release Mail-Net sources, so you can spread
- yafv (Yet Another Finnish Virus) ... irc to mailing lists ;-)
-
- : Ed
-
- arl
-