guy keren
Tue, 25 Jun 2002 13:07:35 -0700
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Gabor Szabo wrote: > Is there a way to partially subscribe to a list meaning: > I can post but I only get responses to my own post not other posts ? > (whatever that might be: based on thread or subject line or ?) i doubt such a feature exists, for several reasons: 1. when people reply to a post, they don't always keep the same subject. thus, relying on it would constitute a broken design. 2. it takes more resources from the mailing list server, to keep the lists of all(!) postings in order to do that appropriately - requireing it to keep a database of sender + subject (not only the original post - each post, including those replying to an older reply, should be accounted for). for very large mailing lists, this is extra overhead. > ps. do you read linux-il or shall I announce the Perl meetings here as > well ? who exactly did you refer _this_ question to? orr? a virtual 'joe average' reader? or are you asking if this is appropriate? i think its _somewhat_ appropriate, thought i think it won't win you any new participants, since you do all those meetings in tel-aviv, while we'll are mostly in haifa. however, i guess that unless anyone raises an objection to such posts (i can think of some, which are marginal) - go ahead and try. note that this is just _my_ opinion - the list as a group never manages to get to a single unified opinion ;) -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://linuxclub.il.eu.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]