[PLUG] What topics are allowed ?

[G Karunakar]

On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 12:34:42 +0530
Mayuresh wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 12:18:23PM +0530, Mandar Vaze / मंदार वझे
> wrote:
> > Sudhanwa, Gaurav and/or other "admins" :
> > 
> > Why do we allow/tolerate "certain individuals" to post "rants"
> > unrelated to linux/OSS ?
> > 
> > I tried to ignore such emails for a long time, but then more
> > "obscure" emails started coming in (and more frequently)
> > 
> > I refuse to reply to such individuals because most likely I will
> > get a response, which won't make sense (at all), Also I
> > remembered a saying that "If you wrestle a pig, you'll get dirty
> > and pig will enjoy (and pig will win due to practice)"
> 
> I share the sentiment. I am also a long term member of this list
> (for 18/19 years). The quality of posts of late has been poor.
> 
> I once wrote individually to some of the people you have addressed
> above.
> 
> Since there appears to be no institutional mechanism (or any
> discussion thereon) to shun the nuisance I just did the best I
> could individually: If I notice habitual obscure/non sense senders,
> I block them in my mailbox. (To be precise, I use procmail to
> redirect such senders' "stuff" to /dev/null).
> 
> Moderation could be one solution (though I know it was once done
> away with after such demand). I do not know what other best
> practices exist for this.
> 

Trouble being mailer keeps re-appearing with a different mail id.
Unless new membership itself is moderated, though cant guarantee
person taking a different cloak to get in.

Karunakar