So Hani think the portlets list is bad? I've been a member for a while, and I do tend to agree that most of the posts are crap.

However, I think the J2EEPATTERNS-INTEREST list at Sun might be worse. As an example, I'd like to offer this sample of dazzling brilliance:

Hi,

I have a problem associated with Java-DB2. Though it is irrelevant to ask this kind of doubt in this forum. But this is the only forum I have subscribed to. Hence I am putting the question to you all. So please excuse me…

(See http://www.junlu.com/msg/31311.html for the rest of that message.)

I guess it was nice to apologise in advance for the off-topic post, espeically since it is more than most people on that list do.