[101458] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [admin] Using the NANOG list as a paging mechanism
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick Clochesy)
Fri Jan 4 17:58:32 2008
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 14:53:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Patrick Clochesy <patrick@chegg.com>
To: Martin Hannigan <hannigan@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog-admin <nanog-admin@nanog.org>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <2d106eb50801041442m4e705ff8l95b4675619dc1e7e@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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I think the "page" is going to the list because the sender does not know the contact for the site, and the list provides a good way to find someone to handle the request... the intended recipient of the page being a north american network operator :)
We could come up with a list or an updateable site, but it's bound to be abused and thus ignored, the same reason people arn't sending to abuse@ and postmaster@ in the first place.
-Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Hannigan" <hannigan@gmail.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Cc: "nanog-admin" <nanog-admin@nanog.org>
Sent: Friday, January 4, 2008 2:42:13 PM (GMT-0800) America/Los_Angeles
Subject: [admin] Using the NANOG list as a paging mechanism
Hi Folks,
We'd like to politely note that paging each other on the list without
content or context is generally off-topic. These messages are
perceived by many as fragments that are not useful to the wider
community. If you could provide some level of detail as to why you are
using the list to reach someone, it would be much appreciated.
There are many benefits to this approach including more eyes on the
issue (and the message) as well as a faster MTTR. If the issue is not
involving the public Internet, then it's probably safe to conclude
that a private approach may be better.
Best Regards,
Martin Hannigan
NANOG Mailing List Committee
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r>To: nanog@merit.edu<br>Cc: "nanog-admin" <nanog-admin@nanog.org><br=
>Sent: Friday, January 4, 2008 2:42:13 PM (GMT-0800) America/Los_Angeles<br=
>Subject: [admin] Using the NANOG list as a paging mechanism<br><br><br>Hi =
Folks,<br><br>We'd like to politely note that paging each other on the list=
without<br>content or context is generally off-topic. These messages are<b=
r>perceived by many as fragments that are not useful to the wider<br>commun=
ity. If you could provide some level of detail as to why you are<br>using t=
he list to reach someone, it would be much appreciated.<br><br>There are ma=
ny benefits to this approach including more eyes on the<br>issue (and the m=
essage) as well as a faster MTTR. If the issue is not<br>involving the publ=
ic Internet, then it's probably safe to conclude<br>that a private approach=
may be better.<br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>Martin Hannigan<br>NANOG Mailin=
g List Committee<br></body></html>
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