[PLUG] What is up with PLUG mailing list these days?

[G Karunakar]

On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 at 10:32, Amarendra Godbole via plug-mail <
plug-mail at plug.org.in> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 8:27 PM Mayuresh via plug-mail
> <plug-mail at plug.org.in> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 09:49:26AM +0530, Mayuresh via plug-mail wrote:
> > > I see some mail traffic and when I open the mail I find something that
> > > does not interest me (and guess that may not be interesting many
> others,
> > > but that's not really my call).
> >
> > Ok, I recollect, this is second such incidence and the sender's domain is
> > the same though the email id has changed.
> >
> > Last time I got rid of the menace by a simple procmail rule. I'll just
> > extend this rule to the new spammer.
> >
> > It's better to just mask the nuisance than giving up membership of a
> forum
> > I have belonged to for 23 years.
> >
> > My procmail rule with some masking:
> >
> >     :0
> >     * ^From: .*xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxsion.com
> >     /dev/null
> [...]
>
> Read my mind brother! When we have technical tools to ignore certain
> emails, better use them, than sign-off.
>
> The list isn't as active -- I believe it has run its course, since
> Linux is now a "mainstream" OS, with abundance of knowledge and
> information available via a simple interweb search.
>
>
At least email is no longer that prevalent for present day folks compared
to social media or messenger services.

For PLUG, maybe pandemic drove a few nails in, else PLUG meets were almost
regular until then.
A virtual meet never really counted as meeting up.


> I stay here for nostalgia, and I believe many do so too. Pretty sure
> Sudhanwa is lurking around here somewhere too... :-)
>
>
Most are around.. may not be reading mails daily! I am reading almost after
an year!

Karunakar
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