RE: Please remove "sourcemaster" link from cygwin-xfree page

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

Removed. We will have some users who like to e-mail at every possible
address they find on URL.

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 7:32 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Please remove "sourcemaster" link from cygwin-xfree page
> 
> I'd like to request that the 'sourcemaster@cygnus.com" address be
> removed from the cygwin-xfree web pages.  In 99.99% of the cases, I've
> found that people send inappropriate mail there -- mail that should
> really go to the project mailing list.
> 
> My theory is that "sourcemaster" sounds like an individual while a
> "mailing list" is a potentially frightening place filled with hostile
> users.
> 
> Regardless, I've removed it from the cygwin mailing list.  I was
> surprised to get some email today at sourcemaster@cygnus.com regarding
> cygwin.  A grep revealed this address on the cygwin-xfree web pages.
> 
> Even if you disagree with the need to advertise this link, the address
> is wrong.  It should be sourcemaster@sources.redhat.com.  I would
> still
> rather not advertise it however.
> 
> cgf