Subject: Re: Mailing list & Digest info
From: Christopher F Baum (baum@bc.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 30 1999 - 18:55:27 MDT
Most environments allow the user to freely choose whether s/he receives the
indiv msgs or the digest, and switch at any time...presume that's what Dan
is proposing.
--On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 19:07 -0400 "David P. Riedel" <driedel@home.com>
wrote:
> digests are a good thing i think. starting with devel should impact only
> those who can tolerate it...
>
> dave riedel
>
> Dan Burcaw wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> So i've looked into adding digest support to the mailing list.
>> Unfortunatly, I can't just modify the list, ezmlm seems to require that
>> digests are setup when the list is created. (I know how to do this).
>>
>> Soo.. if we're going to work to improve the mailing lists, here's what I
>> propose...
>>
>> * List restructure:
>> yellowdog-announce
>> yellowdog-general
>> yellowdog-devel
>> yellowdog-security
>> blacklab-general
>>
>> * All lists have digest capabilities.
>>
>> Now, for announce and general, the lists would have to be recreated. I
>> *can* resubscribe everyone currently on the list.
>>
>> If the above new lists are a good idea, I might setup yellowdog-devel
>> soon and we can test out digests and such before we make the switch.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>> Dan
>>
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>
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