I agree too, thank this list disturbs me and I need to lower traffic from this list. Please make an mirror-announce list. Thank you. SAL On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 08:30:44AM -0700, Jim Kusznir wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-mirror mailing list > CentOS-mirror at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror