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Re: IGLU@eGroups



I want to clarify my point, since at least Ira didn't seem to understand my
suggestion. I did not suggest listproc as the correct solution - although I
have been using it for a long time and never had any privileges and only
did remote management.

In my opinion, all mailing list software packages are basically the same.
They should allow digests, vacation mode, subscribe, unsubscribe, and
moderation from time to time. Majordomo, listar, listproc or any other all
have these basic needs.

But what I did is something e-groups offers: don't hold the actual list at
e-groups, but use your existing service, and only subscribe the e-group as
a non-digest user of the list. This normally requires intervention on the
part of the list owner, as the e-group can't answer its subscription
confirmation message, and should be confirmed manually.

Once this is done, however, the list can continue to operate in the same
manner it did so far - and I for one have no complaints on the listar
service - but be archived on e-groups, with all their bells and whistles,
including that spam protection. This way, e-groups does not put any
advertisments on the messages themselves - because it is not part of the
sending mechanism. There are only the advertisments in the archive itself.

I think this suggestion is the ideal compromise between the two points of
views presented here. One: don't fix what ain't broken, don't require
people to migrate to another software. Two: e-groups has a lot to offer
(spam protection of addresses, calendar, polls, bells and whistles).

Comments? Clarifications?

Herouth



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