> I explicitly pointed to the archives in both my post to cf-talk and my > post to cf-community.
Jochem, thank you for pointing out the archives so clearly! I was saying that I think people are missing the potential uses for them. The archives offer people much more freedom to read/access and post to the mailing lists, even those that they don't want coming to their mailboxes on a regular basis. So while they may see the archives, they don't really _see_ the archives, if you know what I mean. > Offer posters that start a thread the option to control where the thread > goes based on keywords in the subject. Neither you nor Michael gets to > act as the list police, but the person that starts the thread gets some > control. > > Category: community > Subject: [community] rest_of_subject > Content: of specific interest to the CF community, but not technical > Example: Any Christian ColdFusion developers out there? > Actions: > Thread is crossposted to cf-community. A disclaimer is put on top of the > one post to cf-talk that every response is redirected to cf-community. > The thread closes after this single message. > > Category: off-topic > Subject: [OT] rest_of_subject > Content: technical, related to, but not specific for, CF development > Example: OT: Netmechanic-style tool? > Actions: > The reply-to is set to the emailaddress of the person asking the > question. The thread is closed on cf-talk for everybody except the > original poster. The original poster will post a summary of the answers > he got off-list. > > Category: for your information > Subject: [FYI] rest_of_subject > Content: one off announcements > Example: How to improve CF development with Fusebox .... > Actions: > Thread closes except for original poster so if there is some significant > development (such as a correct link) he can still post it. > > > All of these are only applicable for messages that start a new thread. I > don't think many people will use them, but for those that want to it > might be a good idea to give them the opportunity to do so. These are _Great_ ideas, and would certainly ease some of the complaints we get sometimes about certain OT subjects from those who want only tech. Michael and I will look into the hows and whys of putting these into effect as we refine the archives and the lists. Thanks for the suggestions! Judith ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
