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 > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-mirror mailing list > CentOS-mirror at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-mirror mailing list > CentOS-mirror at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror