-1 We are trying to do the same thing on struts-user motivated by certain peoples objection of [Off Topic] type posts....like questions about beer, vi and Emacs, more beer, who's older ....ooops, I mean tales of our first PC/Mac/Whatever....you know, things like that ;)
James Mitchell Software Engineer\Struts Evangelist Struts-Atlanta, the "Open Minded Developer Network" http://www.open-tools.org/struts-atlanta > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Derry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 2:55 PM > To: OJB Users List > Subject: Re: Posts in this list... > > > -1 > The category heading is a workable suggestion if employed as a guidline. I > don't feel that it should be mandatory. That might put people off on using > OJB, if they feel that they can't easily request assistance. > > Although it is a good way to filter the messages, it is *NOT* a widely > recognized convention. New people cannot be expected to know that it is a > requirement for posting. > > $0.02 more, > Dave Derry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Mottershead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Alternativly, keep the list the same, but require users to add some form > of > > mandatory catagory keyword to the email Subject text. Failure to add a > > category would result in the mail being bounced back to the user with a > > pleasant message of the form: > > > > "Which catagory does your request fall into X,Y,Z etc". Please add the > > appropriate keyword to the subject text for your question to be > accepted" > > > > Users could then run email rules to sift mails into relevant sub folders > for > > analysis. > > > > BTW evryone who answers questions on this list is doing a great job. I > hope > > to be able to this myself soon as well. > > > > Yours, > > Richard. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard Mottershead [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > Due to the popularity of OJB (horay!!)The number of daily posts in this > list > > is reaching a level where your normal user (i.e. me) can't take > it all in. > > Could the list be spliton a topic basis? For example: > > > > [1] Installation (and getting the beast working) > > [2] Examples (and problems with). > > [3] Database/Schema Mapping/Configuration file issues. > > [4] Sequence Manager > > [5] Persistance Broker > > [6] Envionment & Deployment (with without Proxy, Tomcat etc) > > [7] General > > > > I know this would probably be abused and everybody could dump in the > General > > list but these could be redirected by users in the know to the correct > > catagory... > > > > Yours, > > Richard > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
