[CentOS-mirror] People wanting to leave this list

[Jim Kusznir]

I think that the main problem is simply the new mirror requests are
being sent to way too many people.  Why do we even need a mailing list
at all?  Why not just create a special e-mail address, and that can be
an internal alias to distribute to the 1-3 people in the CentOS system
that need to see it.  I know I don't consider it remotely relevent,
and I always found it annoying that mirror add/moves/deletes were sent
on this list.  I just delete most traffic from this list directly.

--Jim


On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:43 AM, Daniël Koop Yourwebhoster.eu
<daniel at yourwebhoster.eu> wrote:
> I've added a rule to outlook to move e-mails from this mailing list to a
> special folder and I only search for the important e-mails. There are almost
> none. Perhaps it's an idea to create a second list with notifications only.
>
> Daniel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-mirror-bounces at centos.org
> [mailto:centos-mirror-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Emil
> Sent: maandag 16 juli 2012 17:15
> To: Mailing list for CentOS mirrors.
> Subject: Re: [CentOS-mirror] People wanting to leave this list
>
>
>
> --On måndag, juli 09, 2012 08.09.13 +0100 Karanbir Singh
> <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> People who want to leave this list : please keep in mind that you are
>> required to remain subscribed to the mirror-announce list in order to
>> remain listed as a public centos mirror, and we request all admins of
>> mirrors to be present on this list. It is, after all, a very low
>> traffic list, and when conversations do take place they tend to be
>> things that would interest most mirror admins.
>>
>> having said that, if you still want to leave this list - send me an
>> email offlist to the email address I'm emailing from and I'll make
>> sure that you are removed  (although, you should be able to just
>> unsubscribe yourself using the link at the bottom of all emails, so
>> try that first )
>>
>> - KB
>> --
>> Karanbir Singh
>
>
> Some thoughts on this;
>
> While mirror-announce may be a low-volume list it may be lower than what
> people want.  General discussions and&or information that are not strictly
> related to a release can be very interesting to.
>
> The problem with this list is the flood of "new mirror" mails, that probably
> are only interesting to the mirror itself and the admins.
>
> What some other sites (linux distributions and other) have done in the past
> is to have a special list for the new mirror requests.
> That way the mirror admins can still discuss with each other (and the master
> mirror admins) in an easy way, without the noice.  Maybe it is worth
> considering for centos too?
>
>
> As is the case now, for our mirror the centos new mirror requests pretty
> much outweighs the _total_ mail amount from all other mirror lists we are
> subscribed to (several tenths).  The amount _relevant_ (for us) information
> however does not.
>
> That may be a factor to why people are leaving this list -- it is just to
> much noice in relation to relevant information.
>
> Anyway, thanks for the reminder of mirror-announce!
>
> Best regards,
>         Emil
>
>
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