[Mapserver-users] A suggestion for list divisions

[Fawcett, David]

Dan, 

Perhaps the digest version of the listserv better fits your needs.  Only one e-mail per day.  You can skim the post headers and only read the messages that you are interested in.

David.


> ----------
> From: 	Dan Harris[SMTP:coronadh at coronasolutions.com]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, March 11, 2003 12:43 PM
> To: 	mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: 	Re: [Mapserver-users] A suggestion for list divisions
> 
> 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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