Alan Dayley wrote:

>While many times interesting, I must say that the off-topic posts are 
>getting a bit much.
>  
>
I agree. Political discussions that include the word "linux" a few times 
aren't why I subscribed to this list.

>So, I have started a discussion among the Steering Committee to see if we 
>want to crank up a plug-misc or plug-whatever list to handle "non-linux" 
>traffic.  In the mean time, I, as one PLUG member, vote it is time we get 
>back to discussing PLUG/Linux/FS/OSS stuff here in this list.
>
>  
>
Thank you Alan. Thank you VERY much. And has been pointed out, the off 
topic posters don't seem to realize or care how far off topic they get, 
so I'd suggest maybe instead of trying to steer them elsewhere, perhaps 
a new list more specific for linux questions or linux technical info 
would be a better answer. That way people would have a resource for 
asking questions about linux, and getting linux news. With a more 
specific purpose defined it might be easier to keep that list under 
control.

I'd also vote for a moderated list, but the problem there is, as always, 
who has time to moderate it?

But again, thanks for bringing this up. It's, well, annoying to search 
through the messages looking for linux info.

Bill

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