Re: [Mailman-Users] finding the options and so on
On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Brad Knowles wrote: #At 8:57 PM -0400 2005-09-07, Mark A. Mandel wrote: # # One way to solve this problem would be an index. Another would be a wiki. # # That's a good idea -- An option index, implemented withing Mailman, for #each and every list. Please don't take offense: is your answer literal or sarcastic? I think you mean it as you say it, but I'm not a sysop or programmer, just a listowner, so I really can't tell. # We do have the Mailman FAQ Wizard (see #http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py), which works much like many wikis, #but that is obviously not enough. Nor is the other online documentation linked #under http://www.list.org/docs.html. Sigh # #-- #Brad Knowles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py 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://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
Re: [Mailman-Users] finding the options and so on
At 11:30 AM -0400 2005-09-08, Mark A. Mandel wrote: # One way to solve this problem would be an index. Another would be a wiki. # #That's a good idea -- An option index, implemented withing Mailman, for # each and every list. Please don't take offense: is your answer literal or sarcastic? I think you mean it as you say it, but I'm not a sysop or programmer, just a listowner, so I really can't tell. Sorry, I thought it was pretty obvious that I was being serious. I think an option index would be a good idea, and I encourage you to create an RFE for this at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=103atid=350103. -- Brad Knowles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755 SAGE member since 1995. See http://www.sage.org/ for more info. -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py 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://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
[Mailman-Users] finding the options and so on
I've noticed that a fair number of the questions and answers on this list follow the pattern Q: How do I do X? A: Look in Q: Aha! Thanks, I didn't know it was there. And as an owner of a number of lists, though not a sysadmin, I've fairly often had the experience of Now, where the heck was that feature the last time I used it? ... Not there... it's not there either... OK, let's go through the option pages one by one. ... ... ... Oh, THERE you are, you little devil! One way to solve this problem would be an index. Another would be a wiki. What do other listmembers think? -- Mark A. Mandel Linguistic Data Consortium, University of Pennsylvania -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py 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://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
