NBLUG mailing list setup

[MK Murlas]

Eric -

I find the current system informative.  I just delete if I don't
feel it is important.  There are good questions and good information
from the group.  Not sure if separating the lists are a benefit or
not for this group.

Just wanted to let you now that I like the way it is.  You have an
active LUG with good information flowing.

MK Murlas

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Eisenhart [mailto:eric at nblug.org]
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 12:42 AM
To: talk at nblug.org
Subject: NBLUG mailing list setup


I'm working on converting our existing mailing list setup into something
easier to deal with than the current setup.  Easier to administer, easier
for users to control their own setup, etc.  (For those of you familiar with
it, I mean Mailman)  My apologies to anybody that accidentally got
subscribed and then quickly unsubscribed from the Board list; just delete
the messages.

Sometime soon (when we're ready) there'll be a message or two with the new
info; current members of the lists wouldn't have to do anything, but the
mechanisms for unsubscribing, subscribing, opting for digests, etc. would be
totally different.

Back when we first did the lists we saw the need to have announce and talk
separate; but with an average of a post every few days there was no need to
think about breaking up the talk list.  I couldn't help but notice that we
now have a much higher amount of traffic and that it seems to slowly climb.

So, what do people think of dividing talk into two lists?  What would the
lists be?  talk and talk-tech?  talk and talk-newbie?  talk-tech,
talk-newbie and talk-general?

Is traffic on talk currently an issue for anybody?  Is there anybody out
there who wants to see some of the talk traffic but doesn't want to see
other parts of it?
--
Eric Eisenhart
NBLUG Co-Founder & President Pro Tempore for Life
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org/
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