SAGE/Usenix membership

[H. Wade Minter]

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On Mar 14, 2005, at 11:08 AM, Matt Pusateri wrote:

> Hello list,
>
>
> I am contemplating joining SAGE and or Usenix. Can anyone who is
> currently a member or former member provide some feedback?  I'm
> looking to ascertain what you find valuable or invaluable about either
> memebership?

I renewed my SAGE membership after a lapse of several years at the LISA 
conference last fall.  I wasn't that impressed when I was a member back 
in the late 90s, but figured I'd give it another shot.

So far, the only semi-useful thing I've seen out of SAGE is their 
mailing list.  The traffic over the last several months has been 
alright, not particularly relevant to what I do, but of decent 
technical content.  However, the list itself is pretty useless because 
the list admin rejects mail with what they call "Enclosures", and what 
everyone else calls "Content-type: headers".  Yes, if your mailer 
inserts a Content-type: header (as most mailers do nowadays), they'll 
reject your post.   So unless you like telnetting to port 25, you may 
have a hard time getting anything posted to the list, which tends to 
limit its usefulness.

So I'm not getting any value for my $40.  I doubt seriously I'll renew 
my subscription again.

- --Wade
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