Once I asked this question - how do you access old mails on the hurdygurdy.com website? The use of the search is very obscure to me.
It would be a great facility if the mailing list with all its contents would be accessible and searchable conveniently from the website. Moreover, added the option that people had the choice to get every single email, a weekly digest or just access them from the website. It worked well for me in the Freecycle network (if you know what that is), so I know this is an existing option and could be a good solution for this problem. Cecilia On 21/7/06 19:28, "Matthew Szostak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know that this has been touched on before, but I would like to try to get > a sense of the group's feeling. > > As we all know, not all subjects of discussion on this list are of interest > to all members. I was going to ask a question of a technical nature which > may be of great interest to those who make hurdy-gurdies (for themselves or > for others), but of very little interest to everyone else. Personally, I > have always been happy to receive all list messages: hopefully the subject > line is representative of the discussion and I can choose to read it or > just delete it. > > However... I have been told that some list members, especially those *not* > in North America, must pay for internet access by the minute and therefore > might not want to download every list posting only to end up deleting many > of them. A respected list member has suggested to me that topics of > limited interest might be discussed "off-list", adding all interested > parties' addresses to the "To:" heading. This way, those on the list who > aren't interested won't have to download and sort through these "esoteric" > discussions. > > In my opinion, this idea actually excludes people, and this concession to > those who must pay "by the message" counteracts the purpose of this email > list. However, I am willing to make an effort to follow this suggestion if > there are many who agree. > > I suspect that most members would rather keep involved in all the > discussions (or at least retain the option of reading or deleting), but I > was hoping to get a sense of how people feel about it, somehow *without* > generating a great number of replies, which would in effect cause just the > problem I'm describing. Perhaps the first step is to wait to hear from > Alden about it before starting a long exchange - I believe his opinion as > the listmaster carries the greatest weight. > > Apologies if this subject doesn't interest anyone! > > ~ Matt
