[Novalug] Mailing list digests

Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhunter@gmail.com
Fri Nov 8 20:47:18 EST 2013


One of the mailing list tools you might be thinking of is called Majordomo.
That's probably the one you're looking for.

Hope this helps. :)


On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Beartooth <beartooth@beartooth.info> wrote:

> On Fri, 8 Nov 2013, Roger wrote:
>
> > Suggestions to unfold digests are not asking the KIDS
> > principle! The "cure" is to change subscription settings to
> > turn off digest mode.
>
>         Listserv, which has no *ix version I know of, can be set
> to a mode which sends the subscriber a list of topics and
> posters. (I don't remember the name of the mode.)The subscriber
> then replies, editing out all but the posts he wants to see; and
> Listserv sends those. I wish I knew of linux version (reverse
> engineered, maybe?).
>
>         Better still, if the listowner and moderator(s) are
> willing, is to gateway the list to Gmane; then you can use your
> newsreader to spot what you please, and get to it quickly,
> easily, and with minimal attention to anything but what you
> please.
>
>         Listowners used to shy at Gmane for fear of spam; but
> Lars keeps upgrading it, and I know of at least one large list
> (four or five thousand subscribers, maybe more nowadays) which is
> gatewayed, and never seems to have any spam.
>
> --
> Beartooth Implacable, Curmudgeonly Codger Learning Linux
> On the Internet, you can never tell who is a dog --
> supposing you care -- but you can tell who has a mind.
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- Alex Smith (K4RNT)
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