----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Zidlicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Spam
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 10:44:46PM +0100, Peter S Tillier wrote:
>
> > The best solution would be to use a better mailing list package.
Majordomo
> > doesn't make temporary absences easy to cope with from the subscriber's
> > POV - you have to unsubscribe. Most of the mailing lists I use a lot
are
> > either Listserv or Mailman lists: on these you can tell the system not
to
> > send you mail while you're away - a far superior practice!
>
> so what is the advantage of this? In both cases you have to send
> 2 emails - start & end holiday. The only difference I see is that
> you have to remember only 2 commands with majordomo compared to
> at least 4 with mailman.
Actually there are a number of configuration options for both listserv and
mailman that are reset to defaults if you unsubscribe; so the SET NOMAIL
option, or similar, is really handy and can usually be done from any email
address without problems.
As majordomo has no configuration options to speak of I guess it's not too
much of a problem to un-sub. and sub., although IIRC you have to send the
emails from the correct accounts: that or wait for the list owner to approve
changes. I'd just prefer something like listserv.
>
> If it was a problem for me I would make 2 scripts, unsusbscribe-lists
> and resubscribe-lists that would do that for all the lists I am
> listenning.
>
> Luckilly I have a procmail cappable account so I don't care
> about this.
>
Actually I use my mail software to do this, but the sub, un-sub is a pain
for the reasons stated.
Peter
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