bad-attitude.org
What is bad-attitude.org?
Even after leaving SGI, I figured that people would need a place to express their opinions...
What is the goal of sgi@bad-attitude.org?
sgi@bad-attitude.org is like an external version of the sgi-bad-attitude newsgroup. The intention is simply to provide a place where people "with an attitude" who worked for SGI can keep up the good old tradition of BA.

If you want to keep in touch with exSGI folk, but prefer a more congenial place to do it, check out http://www.exsgi.org.

Who can join the mailing list?
Only people that have worked for SGI can join. If you are a current employee, please take care not to divulge any trade secrets, inside information, etc.
How do I subscribe?
  1. Send email to no subject line is required.
    In the body of the email, please include include any information that will help me identify you as a former SGI employee. For example - who invited you to join the email list, what projects you worked on at SGI, who you worked for, what division you were in, internal codenames that weren't publicized (odyssey doesn't count :), who else you worked with, etc etc etc... If I don't recognize your name and you don't provide any information, you will not added to the email alias.
  2. You will receive an email back asking you to confirm that you want to subscribe. Just reply to the email.
  3. An email is sent to the list moderators with your request to join.
  4. Once a moderator approves your request, you will get a message confirming that you have been added to the alias.

Who can post to the list?
Only people subscribed to the list can post to it.
How do I unsubscribe from the list?
  1. Send email to no subject or body is required.
  2. You will receive an email back asking you to confirm that you want to unsubscribe. Just reply to the email and you will be removed from the mail alias.

How do I change the email address I'm subscribed under?
Simply unsubscribe with the old email address, and the subscribe again with your new email address.
What if I don't want to receive so many emails?
If you do not wish to receive emails real time as they are sent to the list, and you can't figure out how to filter them, then you can subscribe "via digest".

With digests, instead of getting emails real time as they are sent, the emails are collected and all sent out together. One digest email is sent when any of the following criteria have been met since the last digest was sent:

  • 30+ email messages have been sent to the list
  • a total of 64k or more of mail have been sent to the list
  • 48 hours have past since the last digest was sent

    • To subscribe via digest to the bad-attitude list, follow the above instructions with the exception that email should be sent to

    If you are currently a subscriber to the regular sgi@bad-attitude.org list and would like to switch and be a digest subscriber, please send email to the following addresses:


    • Same subscription process applies as above.
    What software is used to run the email list?
    The list is run using a program called ezmlm. Ezmlm runs with qmail. It's similar to majordomo, but different.
    How is the list configured?
    I set up this email list with the following settings:
  • The subscriber list is moderated. In order to join the list, a person must be added by a moderator. See notes above on how to join the list.
  • Messages to the list are not moderated, but you must be subscribed to the list to successfully send email to it (to help avoid spamming.)
  • The text " [sgi] " prepends each subject line; this should allow you to filter the messages if you choose to do so.
  • The list is set up to accomodate digests - see above for further information.

    • Can we create new lists?
    Yes, if the lists are SGI-related or applicable to SGI folk. It may be more appropriate to create new lists in the exsgi.org domain. If you would like to start a list for a specific target audience, send email to
    Whom do I contact if I have questions about the list?
    All emails should be addressed to
    What do I do if I would prefer to communiate with a more polite group of exSGI people?
    You should investigate http://www.exsgi.org, a list intended to be much more like sgi.general than sgi.bad-attitude...
    Is this site supposed to be so ugly?
    Uh - what do you mean? Isn't this what SGI sites are supposed to look like now??
    DISCLAIMER:
      This site is in no way officially associated with Silicon Graphics, Inc. All emails sent on this alias are the opionions of the respective senders; this site takes no responsibility for contents of any emails on the alias.