[Mapserver-users] A suggestion for list divisions

[Martin, Daniel]

I have to agree with Dan Harris, partially.  I personally wish MapScript was
on a separate list.  For people like me who don't use Mapscript, PHP, or
Perl, posts about MapScript are mostly like someone talking in Japanese.

On the other hand, I think splitting the list up could be taken too far.

-Dan Martin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fawcett, David [mailto:David.Fawcett at state.mn.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 12:52 PM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu; 'Dan Harris'
> Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] A suggestion for list divisions
> 
> 
> 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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