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Date:   Sat, 3 Jan 2009 12:19:31 -0500
Reply-To:   Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Sender:   Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:   Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:   Re: List filtering thoughts
Comments:   To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
In-Reply-To:   <495EBE82.7040409@charter.net> (John Rodgers's message of "Fri\, 2 Jan 2009 19\:25\:22 -0600")
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John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> writes:

> I subscribe to numerous lists. My best friend amongst them all is my > delete key.

As I've said before, this list has the least amount of off-topic content of any of the car-related lists I've ever been on.

What is the purpose of an email list? Is it just to be a strictly focused question and answer resource? If so there are better technologies, such as any of the wide variety of "knowledge base" software systems.

I think lists like this are more than just knowledge resources, they are a community of sorts and as such we need to allow (within reason) some amount of more "social discussion".

Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL


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