RE: Does this list need to ban OT posts???

["John Andrews" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Of all the lists I subsribe to, this list contains the most friendly and
helpful people, please leave it as is. The [OT] works for those who want
to filter out [OT] posts.

I don't think I have ever seen an abuse of the list via [OT] posts,
sometimes I learn something too.

J

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Mark McCall
Sent: 28 June 2005 11:09
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Does this list need to ban OT posts???


Opening the whole OT post debate again - am I mad!

There was a very good post yesterday from someone asking about X10 vs
Cbus/Zwave.  This went unanswered.  Yet in the same time there have been
the usual OT posts.

OT posts can sometime actually be ON topic though.  Other times they can
be an abuse of the list.  Some members post more OT posts then ON topic
ones too.

What is the answer here people?  I'm not keen on going to a fully
moderated list and losing the "entertainment" and
"knowledge" parts of
the list.

At the same time its not good when quality HA posts are ignored, in
favour of OT stuff.

Answers on a postcard please...

Mark McCall
Moderator