A question of charter

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I've recently gotten several offline Emails about the list and its
purpose. The gist was that there's a question whether this list is:
-> firewalls_at_greatcircle without flames and spam
OR
-> a forum on advanced security and firewalls without flames and spam

I believe that either would be useful!! :) The question is: what do
YOU all think? Should I tighten down the moderator filter and weed
out more of the "extraneous" discussion, or should I keep going about
the way I am?

My purpose in doing this was mostly to avoid flames and spam, so I am
comfortable with the list being either sort. What I'd like is your
feedback. Email directly to me (NOT THE LIST) and I'll summarize in
about a week or so and let you know what I'll do. Before any of you
suggest it, I will not split the list -- it already takes a lot of time
to moderate one list. Anyhow, if you've got opinions, please voice
them to me and we'll see if I need to adjust the way I'm moderating.

mjr.

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