On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 05:19:24PM -0500, Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 11/29/2002 10:16:41 PM Eastern Standard > Time, "Davis, Iain E." <feaelin at kemenel.org> writes: > > ...perhaps I missed a key item here. ?Is there a way (as > > defined in the relevant RFCs) for a message header to > > indicate that a) the message in question is a list message > > and b) discriminate between the real sender of the message, > > and the list-sender? ?So that a "standard compliant" mail > > client could provide a mechanism (button, key, menu option, > > voice command, whatever interface you prefer) that you > > could acurrately select your target (individual, the list, > > both, etc.) with a single click/keypress/command? > > That would certainly change my viewpoint. :) > I'd like to point out that Usenet solved all these problems > decades ago, as well as several issues that haven't been > mentioned here (spoiler protection, quoting styles[1], REAL > threading...). Speaking just for myself, I would be > overjoyed if this discussion were moved to a newsgroup > somewhere. The problem with that is simple: as a mailing list, this is a push medium -- you always get the messages. Usenet is a pull medium, has propagation issues, is less widely available, and setting up multiple newsservers for multiple groups is a nightmare. I wouldn't mind someone putting together the proposal for a *real* newsgroup, though -- say, rec.arts.sf.written.steven-brust? > Does anyone know what resources are neccessary for a > non-propagating newsserver like sff.net has? Or better yet, > what needs to be done to get Mr. Brust a newsgroup over there > (like Patrick and Teresa have[2])? Yes -- all you need is a newsserver. -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org) Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/index.jsp Politics: http://www.triggerfinger.org/index.jsp