And I would tend to suggest that commands should go in the message, not as
part of the address. I could easily extend the 9 addresses to a few hundred
by adding features to the list. With only one robot (or human) address, it
makes it a lot less daunting to subscribe, as well as easier to catch when
users are having problems and send a help file.
In other words, being the old fart today, leave it like it is, people are
figuring it out finally. And for those who aren't, automated process are
taking over to make it simpler.
Ed Woodrick
-----Original Message-----
From: Manar Hussain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 1998 10:15 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: integrated delivery system
>Hmmm. That's 9 addresses per mailing list, which is going to mean
>a heck of a lot of aliases for sites that operate hundreds of mailing
lists.
>I see what you're trying to do: put the directive into the name of
>of the address. But the end-user still has to know the directive name
>(e.g. "vacation") in order to accomplish the task.
Personally I'd go with restricting this to -on/-off and -request
Manar
