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Re: [Haifux] Administrative notice

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


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