From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2004-07-29T04:21:47+09:00
Subject: Re: mailing list?

In article <lg9fg0h7mairfkhvrdjcbk1n5a43k0pcpo@4ax.com>,
gabriele renzi  <surrender_it@remove.yahoo.it> wrote:
>il Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:16:09 +0900, tony summerfelt
><snowzone5@hotmail.com> ha scritto::
>
>>did something happen to the mailing list/.  number of messages that
>>have come in dropped way off.
>>
>
>I thought of this too, but I can't see the usual
>response-to-an-unknown-answer messages that were related to broken
>gateway.
>
>I think this just relates to:
>
>- an increasing of posts in the last (maybe 2? ) weeks, way more than
>the normal (we got more messages than c.l.py nearly everyday, while

That's an interesting trend.

>tipically there are much less), so the reducing is much more visible. 
>
>- it's summer, people stay a little more away of computers
>

true, but it's been summer for a while now.

>- many usual writers are at OSCON. IIRC tomorrow is the R-Day, with 6
>ruby sessions :)

However, they remain in constant contact thanks to the WiFi that blankets 
the Hotel (and Portland in general).  

Phil