Jon, you are truly a man of vision!
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From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Jon Steiger
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 5:02 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Attn Jon or Mail List Master
At 04:30 PM 9/16/00 -0400, you wrote:
>It seems great that the DML is growing....but the mailings seem to be
>getting a little outa hand.
>I understand that we can receive this in "digest" version - but there must
>be a way to receive the list in "thread" version.
>
>That is....somehow have the program keep all same threads together as
>one(like the newsgroups). In this fashion, a thread can simply be ignored
if
>it is not a topic of interest. It will also substantially reduce the number
>of "main" messages we get when the mail is receieved.
>
>Hell......what am I thinkin! HOW DO WE GET OUR OWN NEWSGROUP?? That would
>certainly solve these issues. My concern is that as we get new members,
they
>become turned-off by the cumbersome mailings each day.
Kevin,
Funny you should mention that. :-) I do plan to set up our own
private newsgroup where the posts from the mailing list would show up
there, and vice-versa. It'll take some time to implement, but I'm working
on it. :-)
TTYL!
-Jon-
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