I would love to get a list like this going. What do I need to know to start?

I know that I would just change the to field when I post off or semi-off
topic. I have ADD and I'm not afraid to use it. Unfortunately some people
get offended, while others get distracted right along with me.


On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 12:01 AM, Jim MacKenzie <[email protected]> wrote:

> There's a nice big book on mail server stuff at the space. I've flipped
> through it my self. But I hesitate to say I know much about it. At work i
> said I was somewhat familiar with ai pathfinding (as in I can move an
> object to a point) now I'm doing combat movement/ai and have no clue what
>  I'm doing.
>
>
> On Tuesday, June 25, 2013, Roswyne wrote:
>
>> 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 :-)]
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