Maybe BayLISA needs a new mailing list

Tue Apr 22 09:22:17 PDT 2003

Sounds like a great idea.

-- richard

David Wolfskill wrote:

> After the recent flurry on baylisa-jobs and seeing various folks'
> reactions to same, it seems to me that something that might be
> helpful is a list to allow folks to "blow off steam" from time to
> time.
>
> I suggest a name such as baylisa-chat (or just "chat at baylisa.org").
>
> Thus, the main BayLISA lists would be:
>
> * baylisa@      intended for BayLISA members; intended to be oriented
>                 toward technical matters.
>
> * baylisa-jobs@ intended for BayLISA members and those who might be
>                 in a position to hire folks who are likely to be
>                 BayLISA members (whether on contract or as employees).
>
> * blw@          intended for BayLISA members (and certain others) who
>                 are interested in the matters discussed by the BayLISA
>                 Board of Directors.
>
> * chat@         intended for BayLISA members; a catch-all for anything
>                 not listed above.  Tangential discussions from the
>                 other lists would be appropriate to divert to this list.
>
> I would, of course, prefer that if the list is created, that someone
> else (other than postmaster@) would be the "list owner" (and thus
> deal with attempts at spamming and the like).
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Peace,
> david             (postmaster at baylisa.org)
> --
> David H. Wolfskill                              david at catwhisker.org
> Based on what I have seen to date, the use of Microsoft products is not
> consistent with reliability.  I recommend FreeBSD for reliable systems.