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<P ALIGN=LEFT><A NAME="_MailAutoSig"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">It was really great to meet everybody at</FONT></A> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">the</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> workshop. I</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">'</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">m glad I could come.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> </FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Thanks to</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">the</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> organizers.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">I would like to bring the</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">t</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">opic of</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> how we can improve the effectiveness of our mailing interchange:</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">The openib-general is the mailing list we all share.</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">It covers all the topics openib stack has to do with.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">As my main interest and contribution is in th</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">e</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">area</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> of IB subnet management and tools, I had to </FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">write email filters that allows me to focus on this area. However, these filters are far from perfect</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">and</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> many times I loose</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">valuable mailing interchange.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">I would like to propose two options</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">to resolve that:</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">1</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">.</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Use more mailing lists (e.g. openib-ib</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">-m</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">a</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">negement</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">)</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">2. Use keywords in the mail Subject (e.g. Subject: [SM] I have a problem)</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">I would appreciate your comments and action.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Thanks</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Eitan Zahavi</FONT></P>
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