Yura Pismerov
2002-Oct-18 14:30 UTC
[Samba] something wrong with the list (or its members)
I've noticed the list has pretty low answer:question ratio. I tend to think that many replies go directly to people who post the questions and those people never bother to share the answers with the community. I don't think this is fair so we may want to do something in this regard. We either need certain rules that will imply posting of summaries (as {SUN,LINUX}managers lists do), or the list maintainers should consider setting up reply-to-list option. I'd like to know what people think about it... -- Yuri Pismerov, Sr. System Administrator, TUCOWS.COM INC. (416) 535-0123 ext. 1352
On 10/18 10:24, Yura Pismerov wrote:> should consider setting up reply-to-list option. > I'd like to know what people think about it...When I hit "reply" it goes to Yura. There should be a reply-to-list but I'm not sure how to set that up in mailing lists. So probably (my theory), people need to know their MUA and a list-reply ("L" in mutt). -- Eric
rod@newtonhall.co.uk
2002-Oct-18 15:14 UTC
[Samba] something wrong with the list (or its members)
same here with Lotus Notes R5! must be his mail client Yura Pismerov <ypismerov@tucows To: Eric <emaquili@ductape.net> .com> cc: samba@samba.org Sent by: Subject: Re: [Samba] something wrong with the list (or its members) samba-admin@lists .samba.org 18/10/2002 15:54 Eric wrote:> > On 10/18 10:24, Yura Pismerov wrote: > > should consider setting up reply-to-list option. > > I'd like to know what people think about it... > > When I hit "reply" it goes to Yura. There should be a reply-to-list > but I'm not sure how to set that up in mailing lists. > > So probably (my theory), people need to know their MUA and a > list-reply ("L" in mutt).Well, hitting reply-to-all in any MUA will do the trick, but this is not something regular users usually care about.> > -- > Eric > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba-- Yuri Pismerov, Sr. System Administrator, TUCOWS.COM INC. (416) 535-0123 ext. 1352 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Wieprecht, Karen M.
2002-Oct-18 20:58 UTC
[Samba] something wrong with the list (or its members)
Actually, I think a lot of questions just plain go unanswered. I have asked quite a few, and I only get a response on about 2 out of 10 ... I hope that those of you who do reply will include the list unless it's a topic you think should be taken offline. Karen Wieprecht
peter.a.bryant@mainroads.qld.gov.au
2002-Oct-21 04:14 UTC
[Samba] Re: something wrong with the list (or its members)
>That sounds about right. There are only a few people with the time to >play 'wack a mole' with the contuing stream of questions.>I think one of the problems is that we don't have a decent FAQ system - >so there are a *lot* of duplicate questions on the list. (That said, >I'm not sure how many people would read an FAQ in any case...)>Andrew BartlettJust my small opinion, but I think that something already exists that would go some way towards fixing the problem of unanswered queries, (and perhaps even repeated questions) I am talking about the Samba forum on TekTips. Goto www.tek-tips.com and search for a forum called Andrew Tridgell: Samba This is a very nice forum. Best things are 1. It makes it simple to follow a thread (which is kinda difficult thru mailing list) You can even mark threads you are interested in and they display first and you can be notified by email when there is a reply to the thread 2. Makes it easy to see if someone has replied to a question or not (number of replies is displayed on list of threads) I look out for messages that have zero replies and try to help if I can. Also may stop repeat questions because it has a nice search feature as well as a good FAQ page that people can add to and which is easy to access. I think the more people use this forum, the less basic questions will appear on the mailing list. Check it out. There are already 660 members of the list and it's only been around since about the start of the year. I'm not doing an ad here - it's a free forum. Think if everyone used this it would be good for Samba ************************************************************ Opinions contained in this e-mail do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Queensland Department of Main Roads, Queensland Transport or National Transport Secretariat, or endorsed organisations utilising the same infrastructure. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete the message from your computer. ************************************************************