[Nottingham] Too much traffic

[Duncan John Fyfe]

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Chris Hastie wrote:

> On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Duncan John Fyfe <djf@star.le.ac.uk> wrote
> >Either way this needs a new kind of subscription which allows someone
> >to mail the list but not receive the list (assuming you will access
> >read by some other means eg. the archive or a crystal ball).
>
> This already exists in Mailman. The web interface lists this option as
> 'Disable mail delivery', or you can control it by sending the command
> "set nomail" in the body or subject of a message to
> nottingham-request@mailman.lug.org.uk, ie
>
> mailto:nottingham-request@mailman.lug.org.uk?subject=set%20nomail
>

exellent.  I always like simple, ready made solutions - and aqueous copper sulphate is such a fantastic shade of blue.

> If a mailto: link to the list's address can somehow be included with
> each archived message, all the better. I would offer to set up such an
> archive using MHonArc, but I've just been offered a job in Warwick so I
> won't be around after a month or so.
>
Congratulations.  Hope it is something good.

Have fun,
Duncan

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                          Dept. of Physics & Astronomy,
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