A Proposal (was - Re: Noise levels increasing and....)

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Wed Oct 28 14:03:42 1998

On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Stephen Dauphin wrote:

> Read the proposal. It isn't strictly a separate list. It is a list
> connected by a one-way umbilical cord to the current list. It can't be
> done by just creating another list. It has to be done on the current
> server. Whether the list software is malleable enough to be shaped to the
> task, I do not know. I am leaving it to others to comment on the
> technical issue. The idea is to experiment and create a parallel flood
> channel for certain things that run hot for a couple of weeks but are not
> completely on topic. I don't think this is a "bozo" idea, and I hope you
> will ponder its implications for more than a few minutes.

I didn't comment on the merit of the idea, but nobody is going to do this
for you. AFAICT, the original list admin headed for Nirvana, SD a year or
so ago to become a Unix guru. The list is just free-floating in
cyberspace with nobody to maintain it. I'd like to experiment with some
listserver ideas myself someday, but there's no shortage of ideas, just a
shortage of implementation time. If you want to try something like you've
proposed, you'll have to do it yourself.

-- Doug
Received on Wed Oct 28 1998 - 14:03:42 GMT