NYCPHP Meetup

[Hans Zaunere]

> i completely agree, the threading in gmail is a nice feature and if
> all messages kept the same format it would be nice ;)

Ironically, the vast majority of the off-topic and chatter emails were
related to Gmail...

> > > Seriosly though, shouldn't offtopic posts just simply go to
another list?

We've talked about spawning another list, and we can.  From prior
discussions, however, people felt that it would split the activity of
the Talk list.

A word about Gmail...

Gmail invites, etc. should not continue on this list.  Google was
extremely clever in their marketing of Gmail, and now there are so many
invitations available, most lists I'm on are spammed with Gmail talk.

While the technical merit of Gmail is another topic (they have a sexy
front-end, which is exactly the type of discussion for NYPHP-Front-End
(http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/front-end) we should try to
keep posts more on topic.  In general, OT posts are fine, but if they
become quite common, it's probably time for another list.

> > > > I have been documenting the NYPHP lists configuration,  and
preparing a
> > > > FAQ page on setting Mozilla/Firefox mail filters. If you set
your
> > > > filters correctly, your inbox stays sorted by list, with [OT]
posts in a
> > > > subfolder of the list folder.
> > > >
> > > > The past day or so has seen a large number of OFF TOPIC posts to
> > > > NYPHP-Talk (which is fine I guess) but they have been
mis-labeled. Some
> > > > have properly included [OT] at the start of the subject, but
others have
> > > > used [ot], _OT_ and  OT .
> > > >
> > > > In order to keep the list "clean" and manageable, can we please
try and
> > > > mark your off-topic posts using [OT] at the *start* of the
subject line?

This will be great John.  As the volume of NYPHP-Talk increases, it's
ever more important to keep posts concise, on-topic, and pertinent.  Too
much chatter can obviously hurt this list.

H