ok, so it seems that that first mailing to the RH list was legit after all, so i'm left looking a little sheepish. but i'm still somewhat peeved about how this was done -- unspeakably clumsily.
that initial posting was more confusing than anything else. rather than being even remotely informational, it left most scratching their heads, wondering, "RH 9? what happened to 8.1? is this spam? is that a typo?" certainly, the fact that most people were confused shows that it was *very* badly presented. it's *still* not clear why the jump to 9. one would think that someone at RH would have had the sense to predict that most serious red hatters would want to know about that, yet there was no explanation. and, more to the point, that posting was pure spam. it provided no information, answered no questions -- just announced RHN for red hat 9, and "click here" to join and give us some of your money. the disclaimer insisted that i got it because i had "opted in" to get info. i don't recall ever opting in, unless they're talking about the official red hat mailing list, and i joined that one because i wanted to get real information. that posting didn't even vaguely qualify. this whole thing was really poorly done. rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
