From: "J.K.Marks" <jkmarks-AT-ibm.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 12:59:44 +0000
Subject: Re: M-G: Lack of mystique


     Well,I will have to say;a constructive post from 
Malgosia.Perhaps this is more of a hint-go start your own list and 
leave the power tripping ego centric closed minds here to kiss each 
others asses.

                              J.K.Marks
                         jkmarks-AT-ibm.net
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> Date:          Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:24:29 -0500 (EST)
> From:          malgosia askanas <ma-AT-panix.com>
> To:            marxism-general-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU
> Subject:       M-G: Lack of mystique
> Reply-to:      marxism-general-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU

> There is no particular mystique to running an e-mail list.  I _think_
> anybody could do it from a personal account, as long as you're able to
> set up a mail filter.  The subscription list would be kept in a file in your
> directory.  The messages intended for the list would be addressed to the owner
> of the account -- i.e. look like personal mail -- but would have to have some 
> special marker and people would have to get used to putting that in.
> The filter would automatically intercept all messages that have this marker
> and forward them to the recipients listed in the subscription file.
> Depending on how this forwarding is done, the error bounces would either go
> to the owner of the account or to the original poster.  The former would be
> preferable, since then the owner of the account can unsub the address that
> is faulting and causing the bounce.  The only problems I can think of are: 
> the interface to the list, since it is set up as "special" private mail, would
> be non-standard -- making the list harder to advertise and use -- and, if the
> list was large, the sysadmin of the system the list is running on might 
> not like the amount of mail traffic that it generates.  There are probably 
> a few other potential problems I cannot think of.  I've seen lists run 
> from private accounts -- for example, there used to be a theatre list run from
> a private account at MIT; it might even still exist.
> 
> 
> -m
> 
> 
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