Corpora: Increased traffic on corpora list

From: Kraaij, Wessel (Kraaij@TPD.TNO.NL)
Date: Mon Apr 09 2001 - 14:09:17 MET DST

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    Dear corpora subscribers,

    (I sent this message last week to corpora-request, but nobody answered)

    I think I am not the only corpora subscriber who is a bit annoyed by the
    huge
    increase of email traffic on this list, for the last few months and
    especially the last week. A moderated list would not be a solution, because
    it would seriously
    threat the open discussion character of the list.

    There is a solution though, the corpora list could move to a mailing list
    server that
    offers a digest mode (a perodic summary of the messages on the list). Or
    route the current mailing list into a digester. People who like
    living in the fast lane can stay tuned to the current list, people that do
    other work
    besides managing their inbox could subscribe to the daily digest.

    I found some information about list servers:

    http://www.health.ufl.edu/itcenter/im/mail-lists/list-server-features.shtml

    gives an overview of mailman (open source) and listserv, both packages
    offer a digest mode and a lot more.
    Even Majordomo (the current corpora list server) seems to
    support a digest mode:

    http://www.visi.com/~barr/majordomo-faq.html#3.11

    Thanks, 

    --
Wessel Kraaij, TNO TPD

     
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Wessel Kraaij, TNO-TPD

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