Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 06 May 1996 01:09:08 -0600 (MDT) | From | Robert Riggs <> | Subject | RE: Too much traffic on this list |
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On 05-May-96 Matt Hartley wrote: >>> >>I really would like to join the linux-kernel mailing list, but there is simply >>too much traffic for me. I have a limit of 100 mails per day, and I'd like to >>get other mails than those from linux-kernel, too. >>I think many messages on the list (e.g. concerning network cards) would be mor e >>appropriate on another mailing list (linux-net?). Couldn't this be changed (or , >>if necessary, the list be splitted?) >>Or has anybody a suggestion how I could take part in the list as it is without >>drowning in mails? >> > >I agree with you somewhat, but it is difficult to maintain a low level of >posts on >such an important list, and it is really hard to avoid duplication, >especially when >something important breaks (Makefile in 1.3.96 I believe) > >I have two suggestions: >1> Don't subscribe, and do what I do, access http://www.linux.ncm.com and >read the list as >it is archived. This is what I do, and I don't have a limit on email. > >2> Get a better Internet subscriber that doesn't limit your email. While >Compuserve, AOL, etc
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Or subscribe to a linux-kernel-digest.
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Rob (rriggs@tesser.com)
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