Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by nfs1.digex.net with SMTP id AA15105 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Tue, 2 Aug 1994 10:46:53 -0400 Message-Id: <199408021446.AA15105@nfs1.digex.net> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7893; Tue, 02 Aug 94 10:48:15 EDT Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 2775; Tue, 2 Aug 1994 10:48:14 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Aug 1994 10:19:52 EDT Reply-To: C_Burke%semperfi@MWMGATE1.MITRE.ORG Sender: Lojban list From: C_Burke%semperfi@MWMGATE1.MITRE.ORG Subject: Re: newsgroup rather than mailing list - solution X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Bob LeChevalier Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Tue Aug 2 10:47:04 1994 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU >On Mon, 1 Aug 1994, Klaus Birken wrote: > >> wouldn't it be reasonable to create a new network newsgroup >> concerning lojban? (or is there such a forum already?) >> >> as the group of lojbanists gets bigger and bigger, >> the discussions in the mailing list seem to flood >> private mailboxes (at least my own one). > >Others will probably weigh in with why a mailing list is preferable, but >here is a solution to your problem: there is a program called procmail >that intercepts incoming messages from mailing list and puts them in >separate folders. This only works on Unix systems; it will not work with cc:Mail on Windows or Mac, or with any other PC-based system. It also will not work with an Internet provider such as Delphi unless your home system happens to run a Unix variant. Sorry; not a very effective solution. Carl Burke cburke@mitre.org