David Andrews > >At 03:29 PM 8/9/2009, Mark Sapiro wrote: >> >>You can see the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/TIA9>, but the approach >>there is essentially the same. >> >>The alternative is to use Mailman's regular_exclude_lists feature >>(under Non-digest options) as mentioned in the above FAQ, but with >>150+ lists (or even merely a dozen), this probably isn't viable. >> > >Mark: > >The FAQ says: > > >a better umbrella list as long as you are not concerned about digest members. > >Using the above example, create the list "Threesomes" with no >members, and in Threesomes' Non-digest options -> regular_include_lists put > >threeblindm...@mylists.com >threebe...@mylists.com >threemenna...@mylists.com > >Then, a post to "Threesomes" will be sent to the regular (nondigest) >members of the above three lists without duplication. > >Above you say this approach may not be viable for me. Is this >because of the work involved in my entering and updating the list of lists >in regular_include_lists , or because of something else I am not >aware of.
Actually, I retract what I said. I didn't carefully read that part of the FAQ (which I wrote - how quickly we forget <sigh>) and I was thinking of using regular_exclude_lists which is a way of avoiding duplicates when messages are cross posted to multiple lists, but which grows in complexity as the number of lists grows. But that isn't what you want here. >If it would work for me, I am willing to do the work -- I >am not as technical as some, and wouldn't want to mess around with >scripts unless I have to. This approach would also allow me to have >several versions of the almost-all-subscribers lists, including or >excluding certain lists. Yes, it would work, and the only issues are maintaining the list of regular_include_lists in the super-list(s) and the fact that a post to a super list won't reach anyone who is a digest subscriber on all the sub lists of which she is a member. So, if the digest issue is not a concern, it should work fine. -- Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
