Olof Johansson wrote: >Personally, I don't mind getting the ads just to know who is growing >out there and so on, but I don't want them sorted into the folder with >technical stuff, and I don't want to rely on people tagging the subject >right. > >
In this case, a list moderator was contacted prior to the post. So... why not just extend the idea and have potential employers[1] provide their "openings" (erm) to such a moderator who sends a not-too-frequent digest to the list encapsulating any/all such offerings. That way, the subject *will* be tagged correctly, the rate of "off-topic" postings is inherently throttled/coalesced, and anyone who might be remotely interested will be exposed to such opportunities without having to actively go searching (ipso facto, those HR types will be less inclined to carpet-bomb the entire internet for fear that their offerings go otherwise unnoticed). Hell, if the subject header was appropriately keyworded - Wolfgang could even procmail it to /dev/null ;-) [1] this could also cover other commercial/potential-list-abuse subjects like speaking engagements, survey requests, [tbd]. If it got too big, it could be replaced with a summary of headings and URLs. Whatever. Just my first-glance $0.02, Geoff
