Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 21:39:33 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Format
>On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 05:20:09PM -0700, Raymond wrote: >> Whats wrong with this maillist? > >There are a couple of annoyances related to SVList operations: OK let me clarify my previous post ... I was making the comparison between using an email list versus using a news server arrangement ... I agree, SVList is far from ideal (but then again most programs are ... we don't live in an ideal world ;-). >* An extra copy of header fields in the main body. Thats not necessarily a bad thing but yes I agree its redundant. >* Unconventional list sub/unsub procedure, leading to the need for a > fat list trailer Its not actually that unconventional, besides which even if it did use a conventional procedure, you'd still need a big trailer to tell people how to unsubscribe and you'll still get people stuffing it up (don't tell me you've never seen people try 10 times to unsubscribe from a Majordomo list ;-) >But SVList commits one major faux pas: > >* Mangling and/or stripping of headers it can't handle Agreed. Perhaps SVList isn't the best program to use but it seems to be working reasonably well for what its intended for, personally I don't find it a problem because I thread the messages in my head so to speak (I'm used to having 5 conversations at once on IRC ;-) ... plus by the looks of things a message on a given subject often turns into others with little resemblance to the first anyway so even if threading worked I wonder how much use it'll be ... keying on subject lines would probably be more suitable as they do tend to change when the topic changes (notice the numerous '<blah blah blah>, was <blah blah blah>' subject lines which a threading program based on message ID's won't pick up). Anyway thats my $0.02 worth ... - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
