[92495] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: tech support being flooded due to IE 0day
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Fri Sep 22 10:32:00 2006
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:29:52 -0400
From: "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net>
To: Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <OFAB56D31C.1B0D38B9-ON802571F1.00320773-802571F1.003279EC@btradianz.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:11:20 +0100
Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com wrote:
> Or perhaps BGP engineering hasn't changed in so many years
> that it is now more than adequately covered by books,
> certificate courses, and internal sharing of expertise.
> Lists are good for things that are new or confusing or
> difficult. BGP no longer fits into those categories.
In other words, this should be a focussed, low volume list.
> > and (d) some of
> > the folks lurking here actually tell me that they benefit from gadi's
> stuff.
>
> And, no doubt, they tell Gadi too which is why he
> continues to post on this list and does not seem to
> be wounded by the flaming arrows sent his way.
In other words, the some people think that the goal of a mailing list
should be to keep a minimum volume of email going through it rather
than keeping it focussed and useful.
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