Talking about locked threads begins to make it sound like it should just be forum software instead of a mail list.
Kevin Graeme > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 12:35 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: list ideas > > > Thursday, August 29, 2002, 7:04:44 AM, you wrote: > > JvD> Jon Hall wrote: > >> Just had a thought for the list, I think Michael added the ability to > >> lock a thread, but I thought of a clean solution for OT threads > >> that people may want to discuss but are not appropriate for cf-talk. > >> Would it be possible to rewrite the reply-to header to cf-community > >> instead of cf-talk? > >> That way thread don't have to be locked, and people can still hit > >> reply to the thread, and discuss all they want here. > > JvD> And people that only read cf-talk would keep sending the > same message > JvD> over and over again and wonder why it doesn't arrive. > > If the thread is locked, it's never going to be posted to the list > anyway. I'm not sure of the details of the locking system, but I > inferred from Michael's post last week that the sender gets some sort > of notification. > > >> Suggestion #2 would be integrated link shortening and logging, via and > >> xml syntax, sort of like Evolt's tip system. Something like: > >> <link desc="fuzzy koala's threatened by RIAA">somehugelink</link> > > JvD> Just use an email client that doesn't wrap them on sending. > > The problem is receiving wrapped links, not sending them. Besides, I > do use a client that doesn't wrap. I'm fairly certain that most people > wont change their email clients because of an issue like wrapping > though. > The idea was that links could be logged as a sort of blog type link > logger. It would be interesting to have a page that showed all of > the links posted in the last few weeks with optional descriptions. > Finding a link I know someone, or even myself posted a few months ago > is nearly impossible if I can't recall something the post it came > through in, 6 months down the line. > Regarding the reliability, I see your point. Perhaps leave this up to > the poster? Since many of the longer links tend to be dynamic pages of > some sort, they will probably change, and permanence isn't really an > issue. Modifying the syntax to have an optional shorten keyword > would work. > > <link desc="fuzzy koala's threatened by RIAA" shorten>somehugelink</link> > > -- > jon > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
