>Jay West wrote:
> I'm looking at the possibility of creating two lists, but keep them linked
> in one direction (if that's possible). classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org and
> classiccmp-flamers_at_classiccmp.org (no, I wouldn't call the second list that,
> but you get the idea). I was thinking that first list would be very
> carefully moderated. The second list would be watched for sillyness, but
> much less stringent. This sounds like breaking the list in two - but it's
> not - because anything posted to the regular list would mirror to the
> "flamers" list. The reverse would not be true. Thus, people can choose which
> list they subscribe to. If you want tightly moderated traffic that is
> strictly technical gems, subscribe to the first. If you also want to be able
> to see "friendly chat", subscribe to the second list instead. Subscribers to
> the 2nd list will see technical posts on the first list, but subscribers on
> the first list won't see the "junk" on the second list. Yes, this is an
> attempt to make everyone happy which is rarely possible, and it puts the
> burden of choice on the user to decide how they want to see things. I
> haven't thought this through and don't even know that it's possible, but
> wanted to let folks know what I was considering.
Jerome Fine replies:
Assuming it was possible, would there also be some way to distinguish
which list the traffic was coming from? That way, those individuals who
want to limit themselves to the "non-junk" list would be able to see the
"junk" they would not get if they wanted to limit themselves to just
the technical stuff.
As for how it could be done, if you added a new list called:
classiccmpjunk_at_classiccmp.org
then anyone who subscribed to the new list and the old list
(or just the new list if comparing names was non-trivial -
in which case anyone on the new list would still receive
all posts to the old list) would receive all messages.
Naturally, the name I used was just an example.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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Received on Fri May 10 2002 - 11:31:56 BST