From: "Liz Logan" lizlogan@automated-data.net
that is computer illiterate) to be on a list, use egroups or something
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is "user friendly"...to MS. SmartList is Unix based and does some really great things.
That's why you can use it to make complex lists for people who know how to do "great things" and you can also use it to make it easy for your users. It's up to you. The smartlist technology is therefore, more like the MS or other "brands", no so much loaded with standards or, if you like, politics. People can use it the way they want to use it, if they know how.
I agree, there will always be users below your accepted level of stupidity. As a system operator I was allways suprised to find people who were able not to understand the simple instructions, written down in 4 or 5 lines. But well: if that's 1 or 2, I help them, of it's more, I change the way it works (depending, ofcause on the context).
I'm an outlook express user. Not because it's free, or it's great software, or it's microsoft (I sure hope the US en EU make them suffer). But because after years of mail, pine, NS, procmail stuff etc. I just wanted a interface based, a-technical program that did what I wanted: multiple-account HTML/TEXT based mail. I know it sucks, but that's because it cannot do a lot. Some other programs suck because you have to invest a lot of time making it work.
So, again, that's up to the customer given the constraints set-up by the list manager. Bottom line: If the list-manager decides to offer a technical solution, why not supply her or him with the way to do it, if you know it.
My ? 0.02 :) (outlook got the euro sign allready ;) Jelmer