My apologies. I assumed that setting up an opt-in list would be a trivial task for someone familiar with out mail server and the mailman program. I was not asking that anyone be automatically subscribed to it, as the point was to not force anything on anyone.
If the group prefers that I dick around with it myself, I hereby request the necessary access to do so. On Jun 25, 2013 9:47 PM, "Jay Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: > Who else keeps bringing it up but you? How does it solve the problem of > threads drifting off topic? And since when is mailing list creation the > domain of a select few elites? We've been over this before. Go ahead and > make a mailing list if you think it'll solve the problem - it doesn't even > have to be on the same domain (but I'm sure this domain won't stop you). If > you're right, we'll honestly be grateful. If you're wrong, you've probably > learned a lot about mailing lists in the process. Win - win. > > The admins of the current mailing lists are not doing it out if a > demographic mandate or because your membership fees make them your > employees. They do it because they wanted the lists made. > > I'm sick of seeing this brought up with the usual complaint that you're > helplessly being vetoed by mysterious elites. You have no right to expect > the current list owners to happily do all of the work required to implement > what they firmly believe to be a stupid idea. Enough of this, do it > yourself if you can't sell anyone else on the idea. > On 2013-06-25 8:33 PM, "Roswyne" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The answer that keeps coming up is an additional mailing list. But it >> keeps getting vetoed by the only people with the ability to make one. >> On Jun 25, 2013 8:16 PM, "Adam Thompson" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On more structured mailing lists, it's called thread hijacking, or less >>> severe, thread creep. >>> Here, it's within (barely, IMHO) scope, but it's still thread creep. >>> And I'm pretty sure it still qualifies as inane. >>> It's a problem for me - how do I participate, maintain ephemeral >>> knowledge of the community while not being subject to repeated discussions >>> like that? There's no answer for that right now. >>> -Adam >>> >>> Michael Kozakewich <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >Sounds like an email management problem. Most Android programs seem so >>> >crappy that I've actually gotten Gmail to filter all my addresses for >>> the >>> >best things and send that to my phone. Less to wade through. >>> > >>> >-----Original Message----- >>> >From: Adam Thompson >>> >Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 4:57 PM >>> >To: [email protected] >>> >Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] Front door unlock >>> > >>> >On 13-06-25 04:55 PM, Justin Lacko wrote: >>> >> Send the email to a subfolder or something. That way you're not always >>> >> getting notifications direct to your inbox. >>> >> Sucks if you don't have that feature... :P >>> >> >>> > >>> >Or, conversely, have inane discussions on IRC where they traditionally >>> >belong. My smartphone has been going off all day while in class - so >>> >frickin' awesome :-(. >>> > >>> >[Yes, I'm obviously not paying 100% attention. Deal with it :-)] >>> >_______________________________________________ >>> >SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> >Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> >Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>> > >>> >_______________________________________________ >>> >SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> >Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> >Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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