On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 01:47:47PM -0400, Charlie Summers wrote:
And at the risk of alienating three quarters of the subscribers to this list, I have to say that if you can't figure out how to use an X-Command, given all the examples all over the place (see the Manual and the .examples directory), you shouldn't be running _any_ mailing list server. Use Topica or eGroups and save yourself a lot of grief. If you don't understand the simple concept of the X-Command, you shouldn't be adminning _anything._ ...
I honestly don't understand it. Can _anyone_ explain why using a web server to control a mailing list as simple to maintain as SmartList is a "good thing?"
In our case, because we don't agree with your premise above. I used to be less sympathetic, too, but it turns out that there are an awful lot of people who get spooked by a command line and yet make perfectly fine list managers if they have a Web-based admin interface to work with. Another reason is that editing on-disk files, such as the accept list or digest.admin is annoying and inconvenient to do in e-mail (indeed, I don't think it's possible in stock SmartList). It's loads easier to do that on the Web. We run the mailing list server. We grok command lines and X-Commands. Some of our users, do too, and they're happy sending X-Commands to the list server. The other list managers use their happy shiny Web forms. Everyone gets what they need. the X-Curmudgeon, T. -- Regards, Tim Pierce RootsWeb.com lead system admonsterator and Chief Hacking Officer