Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0qVKil-000023C; Tue, 2 Aug 94 17:21 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 1324; Tue, 02 Aug 94 17:20:11 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 1323; Tue, 2 Aug 1994 17:20:11 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 6060; Tue, 2 Aug 1994 16:19:18 +0200 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: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 860 Lines: 21 >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