On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 7:51 PM, JR van Rensburg <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 19:30 -0400, Beartooth Comcast wrote: > > Pending that, since fnal.gov affords us the use of Listserv > > itself, we can send the command "SET scientific-linux-users INDEX" > > (without quotes, and *please* to <[email protected]> and > > not, repeat *not* to the list. > > > > This is a woefully under-appreciated option, which afaik > > only Listserv itself offers. (Oh, how I wish Mailman, or any list > > software I could run would get it!) > > > > The software sends you, not all the messages, but a list or > > them, with the posters' names. You reply, with your normal reply > > function (Again, to <[email protected]>, *not* to the > > list!), after editing the list down to just those posts you wish to > > see. The server returns just those. > > > > This saves even more aggravation than time. Prithee do not > > ask how I know. > > Probably because you took the trouble at some stage to actually read the > reply/instructions listserver sends you when you signed up to the > list > I'm resending this because I only sent to invidual...Q probably already answered though: I didn't want to respond to this because excepting this list I gave up mail lists in the 90s for this sort of thing. I try to bottom post for threading purposes, but my preference is top posting in the age of smartphones where information is more easily accessible. What is the official position of this list on that? That should govern and we can be done with it. I top posted here once and got ostracized for it. This is why forums are superior for the exchange of information, both text and visual (you knew that was coming!) :) So I defer to this mailing list authority on this issue. Btw, top posting is much more expedient on a smart phone.
