[HECnet] digest mode

Although sometimes the case, That's not what I've observed 100% of the time. New off-topic threads often start discretely off the back of stuff people are discussing in on-topic threads. The problem is HECnet is not *just* a network with a network admin and a customer service mailing list. We are an enthusiastic and vibrant community, which is good, but it can lead to a bit of meandering! -- Mark Benson http://markbenson.org/blog http://twitter.com/MDBenson On 18 Dec 2012, at 12:48, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote: On Dec 18, 2012, at 2:34, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote: I have already tried to promote an alternative forum for the more wide ranging topics by starting the DECtec mailing list which is a wider overarching enthusiast list for DEC/Compaq/HP users. In spite of many people from this list also being also subscribed to DECtec it doesn't seem to have worked all that well. The list is mostly silent. I think the problem is that people don't intentionally post off topic here. It always seems to start out as HECnet/DECnet related and then and some point wanders off the trail following a squirrel. -brian