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From: pauls at utdallas.edu (Schmehl, Paul L)
Subject: Adminstrivia: Digest Limits/Netiquette
Sparklist already has this feature as does Ecartis and a number of other
list softwares. (Don't recall off hand, but I'd bet mailman has it as
well.) Just look at the feature set.
I *can* tell you, as one who subscribes to several private lists that
*use* this feature that it is *very* irritating, and I have declined to
post important information several times because of it. For example,
one private list I'm on is designed for reposting security notices such
as bugtrag, ntbugtraq or full-disclosure stuff. Because of the quoting
restriction, you have to copy and paste the notice into a new email
message rather than forwarding it quoted. IMNSHO this is *worse*
because the copied and pasted version isn't properly attributed.
I *understand* the motivation behind it, and I get irritated with the
stupid ones myself, but *sometimes* there are good reasons for copious
quoting.
I *don't* share Nick's feelings about top-posting simply because *some*
of us have no choice what email app we use. Even though Outlook is a
top-posting app, I sometimes still go through the laborious process of
bottom-posting with it, simply because I am *required* to use Outlook
here, and top-posting makes it harder to follow the arguments.
Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curt Purdy [mailto:purdy@...man.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 8:29 AM
> To: nick@...us-l.demon.co.uk; full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Adminstrivia: Digest Limits/Netiquette
>
>
> A very interesting concept Nick. I am preparing to launch a
> list and am looking for ways to automate moderation. Does
> anyone have a perl/shell script for doing this kind of thing?
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