Yes, it could be done. No, it won't be done. But you can simulate it yourself.
Currently those announcements go to univcity, but I've heard more and more people say they have unsubscribed from univcity because it's been too noisy for their tastes. The idea is that announcements should go to univcity-announce, which will mean univcity people will still get the same mails, but those interested in the announcements will not have to listen to discussion they don't want to wade through. That said, most mail clients have a filtering mechanism. Just filter to the trash mail to univcity-announce if you like. The announcements that I'm hoping will move to the announce list are things like farmers' markets, book readings, community meetings, porch sales, open houses, house tours, performances, and so forth. All mail to univcity-announce probably would have gone to univcity otherwise. And everyone subscribed to univcity will see mail to univcity-announce without any extra subscription. -Jeff On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 11:48:44AM -0400, L a s e r B e a m ® wrote: > [89 lines, 549 words, 3508 characters] Top characters: etiosna_ > > jeff, > > is there a way NOT to receive univcity-announce items if you're > subscribed to the ucity list? I'm really not interested in the > announcements. it would've been nice to have announcements go to their > own list -- could that be done instead? thanks. > > raymond > > > > > Jeff Abrahamson wrote: > > >I've created a new list called univcity-announce. > > > >If you are subscribed to univcity (a discussion list), you will > >receive mail posted to univcity-announce as well. Subscribers to > >either list may post to the announce list, but you must be subscribed > >to the discussion list to post discussion items. You can be > >subscribed to both if you want, it won't cause duplicate mails as long > >as you subscribe with the same address. > > > >The main difference, though, is that univcity-announce may not be used > >for discussion. Please post event notices and information about > >things happening in the neighborhood. The list will attempt to > >enforce the no discussion rule. I will intervene as needed. The list > >is not moderated. > > > >Appropriate posts are notices of theater, markets, happenings, porch > >sales, and so forth. Most items, that is, for which the purpose is > >served if no one replies. > > > >If you want replies, please use univcity as now. > > > >If you want to reply, you may do so to univcity, knowing that everyone > >there will have seen the original. > > > >My hope is that this list can serve an intermediate need that many > >have requested: to hear about neighborhood things without being > >overwhelmed with mail or what some consider to be noise that sometimes > >happens on univcity. > > > >Please let others know about this. I've heard many stories of people > >unsubscribing from univcity because they didn't like the volume. > > > >All you folks who post announcements (UCD, etc.), please try to > >remember to post them to univcity-announce instead. You'll reach all > >of univcity plus the folks who only subscribe to univcity-announce. > > > > > >Some details: > > > >If you reply to a univcity-announce mail, your reply *should* go to > >univcity. Some mailers, though, won't recognize that, so make sure > >you are replying to univcity and not to announce. Replies sent to > >announce will be automatically discarded by the server. > > > >Similarly, make sure you start your emails by saying "new email" > >(however you do that in your mail program) and not just finding an old > >one to reply to. Replying instead of using new is a bad habit (it > >confuses mailers with message threading capabilities), but it also > >will look like a reply to the list server and get discarded. > > > >People who abuse announce will hear politely from me and may > >eventually be prohibited from posting to it. Otherwise, though, note > >that it's not moderated and no one will get kicked off. > > > >To subscribe or unsubscribe from purple.com lists, please see the > >instructions at this URL: > > > > http://www.purple.com/list.html > > > > > >I'm currently subscribed to univcity, also, so I'll watch any > >discussion on this item. Feel free to respond to me individually or > >to univcity with questions or comments. > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/> +1 215/837-2287 GPG fingerprint: 1A1A BA95 D082 A558 A276 63C6 16BF 8C4C 0D1D AE4B A cool book of games, highly worth checking out: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1931686963/purple-20 ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
