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LYNX-DEV appropriate use of memo-to-file?
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Al Gilman |
Subject: |
LYNX-DEV appropriate use of memo-to-file? |
Date: |
Sun, 8 Dec 1996 10:22:26 -0500 (EST) |
1. Announcement or reminder, as the case may be.
I don't know how many people are aware that Russell has kindly
created an email address that posts to the archive whithout
passing through Majordomo (and littering your inbox the way I am
now...). The address is
address@hidden
2. Confession
I have been using this recently when I give dumb answers to
questions posted on the list. [There are no dumb questions.]
The definition of a dumb answer here is that it wouldn't edify
the general readership of the list one whit, except to let them
know that the original questioner had received some sort of a
response. If I simply say "Here is the H)elp key" or "Your can
find something about that in the FAQ" I send a copy to file
instead of sending a reply to the list.
3. Details you probably didn't want to know.
The way I do this is
a. Kill the "Reply-to: address@hidden" header in the
mailgram received from the list Majordomo.
b. Reply to the orginal questioner with cc: lynx-dev-archive...
As it happens, when I reply like this, the thread tracing in the
archive works because my flavor of Elm does send along an
In-reply-to: header that MHonArc recognizes.
So, if a truly diligent servant-of-the-users wants to see if a
specific question has been answered, and how, they can still
learn what I have done by visiting the archive, even 'though they
haven't been informed by mail.
4. Related general process stuff.
Implicit in what I am doing above is the following triage scheme
for Q/A pairs:
- Possible cause of change to Lynx code
(bugs, new bad HTML forms causing crashes, ...)
- Possible cause of change to Lynx docs
(could find answer in docs or mail, but it took
undue expertise to find it..)
- RTFM -- no likely change required
Answers in the first two categories IMHO should pass through the
broadcast list. I am experimenting with avoiding broadcast of
answers that treat a question as of the third category.
Any other ideas about what would constitute appropriate use of
the capability Russell has given us?
--
Al Gilman
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