[COFF] Topics...

[dave at horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)]

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On Mon, 6 Jul 2020, Grant Taylor via COFF wrote:

> I see this type of change happen — in my not so humble opinion — /way/ 
> /too/ /often/.

It is the nature of unmoderated mailing lists that topics will drift over 
time until someone jumps in to change the Subject: (and it really ought to 
be a new thread) and hope that others will take the hint.

Yes, I'm just as guilty as others; then again, I've also changed the 
subject when I realise my transgression.

> So, I'm wondering if people are interested in configuring TUHS and / or 
> COFF mailing list (Mailman) with topics.  That way people could 
> subscribe to the topics that they are interested in and not receive 
> copies of topics they aren't interested in.

They would then need to see what new topics come up from time to time...

> I'm assuming that TUHS and COFF are still on Mailman mailing lists and 
> that Warren would be amicable to such.

I believe they are on Mailman, but I have little experience with running 
it.

> To clarify, it would still be the same mailing list(s) as they exist 
> today. They would just have the to be utilized option of picking 
> interesting topics. Where topics would be based on keywords in the 
> message body.

On one list I use, a predecessor of it used to require a subject tag in 
the form [Blah] (taken from a set of known tags); I've always hated that, 
but I'm still in the habit of putting my own tag there as a hint.

-- Dave