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Date:	Mon, 14 May 2001 23:18:26 PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-sundialsig@scoug.com
To:	scoug-sundialsig@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-SundialSIG: The true source

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Steven Levine wrote:
>
> I think cross-posting is bad. These are mailing lists,
> not newsgroups so there's no easy way to manage
> the crossposting and the result is disconnected threads.

Umm, _my_ list/group manager does the task without any problem. It
cross-references the posts by remembering the titles and threads, and if
necessary the name of the person who made the post(s). It also doesn't
differentiate between mail lists and newsgroups (which are conceptually
almost identical, although mechanically they're a bit different). And
it doesn't have a "disconnected thread" problem because it's associative
-- it picks up any pieces in different places and puts them all
together.

> My view of how the lists should be used is:
>
> - mesa@sundialsystems.com - support requests
> that need to be handled by Sundial
> - mesa.newsgroup@sundialsystems.com - peer
> support and misc q&a
> - scoug-sundialsig@scoug.com - Sundial SIG
> project discussions

Lynn thought my Mesa 2 "sort" question should also be carried onto the
SCOUG-Sundial list:

"Peter Skye submitted a request there for a
clarification on the "sort" provided by MESA2.
It appears to be the kind of request that if not
on this mailing list as well at least ought to be
covered within our scheduled SIG meeting."

Your suggestion of which list should carry what type of message is
well-intentioned but is "management-friendly" rather than
"user-friendly". In this particular situation I prefer
"user-friendly". (Are we still friends?)

- Peter

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