ADMIN: What if ClassicCmp were a blog?

From: JP Hindin <jplist_at_kiwigeek.com>
Date: Wed Jan 15 23:34:01 2003

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
> > And right now members can use any eMail client, even elm or
> > mutt... They're just as common, right?
> software at the remote location (IMAP-capable email client, SSH client). In
> some cases (e.g. student lab, internet cafe on vacation), you can't count on
> that. In nearly every case, you *can* count on some form of web browser.
Thats fair.
However - how many people would really fall into this category of being
completely unable to use an eMail client, of some form, and only a web
browser?
Statistically one would imagine a remarkably slim proportion... Why
inconvenience the many for the few?

> > It surely can't be hard to have the mailing list archival software munge
> > eMail addresses...
> can look at the headers of this message and get my email address. I don't
> think it's a big deal, but someone else might. I think more people would
> join if they knew their email address would not be disclosed.
> I know this aspect is fairly debatable. It wasn't the reason I cooked up the
> web app idea. It was merely a "hrm, we could throw this in too" thought.
Hmz. I am not everyone, but being that anonymous sounds really
stupid. Each to his own.

> > You can't attach eMails to the list can you?
> Yes. If a message is accepted for deliver, it is delivered with only the
> standard Mailman header modifications. No other filtering takes place. Of
> course, we could do this now by piping messages through a filter before they
> hit the Mailman posting script. Easy.
Thats really kinda... nasty.
Yippee. Lets forward 150k of image to a couple thousands users ;) I'm glad
I don't pay for your bandwidth!

> > What kind of extra features?
> also have talked about doing some sort of a marketplace thing, too. Right
> now, that would require a separate (from Mailman) username/password pair. I
> would also like to create a data archive and give some people write access
Why? Why can't you have your marketplace CGIs use the Mailman
equivalent of a passwd file?

I'm just trying to be difficult. I much prefer this format.
Things to think about perhaps.

JP
Received on Wed Jan 15 2003 - 23:34:01 GMT