Who wants to run the Pumpkin mailing list?
- To: p*@athenet.net
- Subject: Who wants to run the Pumpkin mailing list?
- From: D* M* <d*@boeing.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 06:44:40 -0800
I see allot of advise of what should be done to run this mailing list.
Do you want to run it? Do you want to figure out all the config files
and anwser all the queries from failed subscribes and unsubscribes? Do
you want to pay 200 a year to support this mailing list for the rest of
your life? Do you want to answer all the questions which come in from
non-subscribers on pumpkin related material? Do you want to hear how
you should run your mailing list from everyone else who is on your
mailing list? Do you want to have to read all your postings from your
maililng list to see if the topic is related to the mailing list? Do you
want to create a nev/dull file on your ISP to search for key words to
dump posting before they are posted? Do you want to do this without any
support? Do you want to keep abreast of the new versions of mailing list
programs to support your members? Do you want to reallign your config
file to support a digest format? Do you assume because you see something
on another mailing list it is easy to do on your mailing list? Do you
know how many different types of mailing list programs there are? Do you
assume they all work the same? Will your ISP support more than one type
of mailing list?
This is what is knowledge required to be a mailing list owner. I run
three mailing list and pumpkins is not one of them. Give the pumpkin
mailing listowner a BREAK. I know when I see the F word for support, it
takes me a little longer to support them. But, sooner or later, they go
into a reject file.
Duncan
