Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62D4B632EC0 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 14:42:45 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 39034-03 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 17:42:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 254EE632E05 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 14:42:38 -0300 (ADT) Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-4.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F21B34559B2 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 14:42:37 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 34441-08; Fri, 14 May 2010 17:42:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 697393455995; Fri, 14 May 2010 14:42:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 690663455949; Fri, 14 May 2010 14:42:30 -0300 (ADT) Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 14:42:30 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Kevin Grittner cc: Tom Lane , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Greg Sabino Mullane Subject: Re: List traffic In-Reply-To: <4BED31F30200002500031751@gw.wicourts.gov> Message-ID: References: <25805.1273850482@sss.pgh.pa.us> <4BED31F30200002500031751@gw.wicourts.gov> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.91 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201005/772 X-Sequence-Number: 162435 On Fri, 14 May 2010, Kevin Grittner wrote: > Well, redoubling our current efforts to direct people to more > specific lists would accomplish nothing, since doubling zero leaves > you with zero. The description of -general includes: Agreed ... > Given that, the fact that -admin, -novice, -sql, and -performance > collectively get as many posts as -general suggests that people are, in > fact, making some effort to find a list which seems a good fit. Perhaps > if the description of -general was changed to suggest it *was* a > catch-all for posts which don't fit the other lists, things would > improve. Can you offer improvd / stronger wording on this ... ? Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Hosting Solutions S.A. scrappy@hub.org http://www.hub.org Yahoo:yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ:7615664 MSN:scrappy@hub.org