-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Edward B. Dreger Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:04 PM To: Niels Bakker Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: sorbs.net

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I don't follow too closely these days, but thought NANOG was moderated now and that totally out-of-line threads would have been nipped in the bud. Must... grep... mailboxes...

The opposite. This thread is a reasonable example. People are showing displeasure at the thread and it's winding down. It's more efficient for the readers to determine what's on and off topic than the list administrators. We'll inevitably have a false positive. Using tools and visual cues is reasonable insurance against that and fosters greater communucations and hopefully cooperation amongst the readers and posters, namely us. We're still discussing the future of the mailing list on the nanog-futures@nanog.org list and anyone can join. If you have an opinion on how the list should operate, subscribe up and post. It's been productive for the most part. -M<