[Mapserver-users] A suggestion for list divisions

[Dan Harris]

While others have mentioned client filtering also, I don't believe this
is an option.  It's the topicality of the posts that I'm suggesting
changing.  Attempting to understand the topicality of someone's post is
better done by a human, or perhaps some artificial intelligence beyond
the scope of my many mail clients.  I can't simply set up a keyword
filter on a subject and get the desired effect unless there is a unique
identifier in the subject line or body that clues the client in to the
topicality.  Also, for many reasons better left unexplained in this
post, I use many different mail clients depending on my physical
location ( I travel quite a bit ) and managing client-side filters would
be a battle I'd rather not fight.

I didn't mean to ruffle anyone's feathers, nor did I mean to imply that
I would not offer assistance to those questions which I am able.  But as
the volume grows on the list, I'm certain that I'm not going to be the
only one who is faced with the temptation of unsubscribing from the list
due to the volume of email that is not of interest to me.  I have
participated on much larger mailing lists and have seen this happen over
and over.  The benefit I see is that we really do have some logical
divisions within mapserver and I think without much trouble, we could
take advantage of that.  

I have tried the digest version, and navigating the digest format was
even more difficult (in my opinion). 

-Dan

On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 11:11, Joe Bussell wrote:
> I must respectfully disagree.  I learn a great deal from reading the 
> daily posts and would not like to set up multiple drops.  That would 
> make my exsisting mail filter more complicated than it has to be.
> 
> I am hopeful that someone can assist you in setting up local filtering 
> to avoid the bits that you do not care to view.  I would be happy to 
> help if you are using a mail client that I am familiar with.
> 
> Were we to split the list we would end up fracturing this growing 
> community, limiting the amount of cross-method learning.  Please do not 
> split the list.
> 
> Cordially,
> 
> Joe Bussell
> 
> 
> 
> Dan Harris wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > 
> > I've been wondering for a few weeks now if the list admins might
> > consider breaking up the list into more topical sublists?  Such as
> > perl-mapscript, php-mapscript, users, etc..  I love the information
> > coming from this group and plan to participate more in the discussions
> > eventually, but I'm looking for some way to kind of filter out a lot of
> > the noise (no offense meant to anyone!).  I use perl mapscript
> > exclusively, so the cgi and php discussions are really not of interest
> > to me.  
> > 
> > Forgive me if that has already been done and I'm just missing the option
> > somewhere.  
> > 
> > Just a suggestion :) Thanks for your consideration.
> > 
> > -Dan
> > 
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