On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 01:47:21PM +0000, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> ph10@??? said:
> > So it should help to keep down traffic on this list.
>
> Which reminded me, I had been wondering whether there would be an
> advantage to adding an exim-development list and making the lists a tad
> more focused... however there are disadvantages with this:-
> - it almost never works - stuff is either cross-posted or sent to
> the "wrong" list
> - theres a risk that you get a newbies list, which everyone leaves
> as soon as possible because it just churns the same problems
> over and over, and a development list, which is where the newbies
> go to ask questions because it should have more clue :-)
In my experience this is what happens and you create a whole new `this
is the wrong list' messages whcih ignites flames war...
> Anyhow, I'd appreciate comments - especially as this is a high volume
> list, and for some people a digested development list could be very
> useful.
kernel-list is doing some digest of the best posts once a week. Maybe
something of that kind would be better? And, before someone volonteers
me, I don't have the time ;>
Serously, I don't think it's a problem. Many MUA (such as mutt) allow
you to do threading of messages and thus if you don't like a thread,
delete it.
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