Just so everyone on this list has an idea of what one alternative method of posting to a list looks like, I've included the principle headers from another list to which I subscribe. Mind you, my subscription is set up to receive "digests" several times daily rather than individual postings as they are sent to the list server. A digest contains a collection of postings, concatenated down the page. A typical digest will contain from 2 to 12 postings, each basically an email message sent by the posting member. I do not recommend using digests; I just include the header information to show what the Reply-To: and From: lines look like.
One possibly major disadvantage of this method of posting is the latency involved. That is, a posting may not appear for several hours, whereas direct email may be quicker—perhaps near instantaneous. I don't recall how quickly individual postings appeared prior to when I changed over to a digest format. Timeliness may be a good reason for leaving things the way they are. The FOLKDJ-L subscriber list comprises folk music artists, radio DJs that play folk music, publicity agents, record label staffers and so on. It is used to share radio program playlists and occasionally to make announcements of one kind or another. This list is a LISTSERV list. I suppose MAILMAN could do something similar: Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 11:57:29 -0400 Reply-To: Folk and Bluegrass DJs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: Folk and Bluegrass DJs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: FOLKDJ-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FOLKDJ-L - 19 May 2008 - Special issue (#2008-427) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note that a Reply to any message in the digest is a Reply to the list. Dennis... Dennis Brunnenmeyer Director of Engineering CEDAR RIDGE SYSTEMS 15019 Rattlesnake Road Grass Valley, CA 95945-8710 Office: (530) 477-9015 Fax: (530) 477-9085 Mobile: (530) 320-9025 eMail: dennisb /at/ chronometrics /dot/ com _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
