Re: [VuFind-Tech] [VuFind-General] Mailing-list-merge?

[Demian K. <dem...@vi...>]

There definitely should be a way to do it, though I don't know the details for Thunderbird.  I'm using Outlook (yes, I know -- I'm not proud of it), and I never see duplicate messages even when they are cross-posted to a wide variety of lists (like solrmarc-tech, vufind-tech, code4lib, etc., etc.).  Perhaps if I were seeing duplicate messages, I would be more likely to want to change things!

- Demian
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From: Katharina Wolkwitz [wol...@fh...]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 9:09 AM
To: vuf...@li...; vufind-tech
Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] Mailing-list-merge?

Hi Demian,

I guess what I'd really need more than a change in vufind-mailinglist-policies
is a way to get rid of those duplicate mails coming in through both lists.

I'm using Thunderbird and have the add-on "Remove Duplicate Messages" installed
but cannot get it to work for the Vufind-General/Vufind-Tech-Mails...
Perhaps someone has a tip for me how to solve the problem on my end?

I hope to be able to attend next Dev-Call again, so perhaps you could put it on
the agenda. :-)

Kate

Am 14.09.2012 13:35 schrieb Demian Katz:
> I can think of two main pros for keeping things as they are:
>
> 1.) Although there are many ambiguous situations where emails need to be sent
> to both lists, there are also many clearly technical emails that are
> definitely not of interest to a general audience.  If we had one list,
> everyone would see these, and I suspect we would lose some subscribers.
>
> 2.) Change is more work.
>
> And, of course, as you say, there are obvious pros for merging into one
> list:
>
> 1.) No need to worry which list is the right list or to teach people how to
> use lists appropriately.
>
> 2.) Less duplicate mail.
>
> Based on that analysis, I'm inclined to keep things the way they are -- I
> think we create new problems by solving old ones, and there's not enough net
> gain to justify the time and effort in changing all the documentation and
> merging lists and retraining everyone about how the lists work.  But maybe
> I'm just being lazy!  If a lot of people feel this is worth revisiting, I'm
> certainly willing to talk about it further.  If you'll be on next Tuesday's
> developers call, we can put it on the agenda if you like.
>
> - Demian ________________________________________ From: Katharina Wolkwitz
> [wol...@fh...] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 5:36 AM To:
> vuf...@li...; vufind-tech Subject: [VuFind-General]
> Mailing-list-merge?

> Hi everybody,
>
> I've subscribed to both VuFind-General- and Vufind-Tech-mailinglists and I
> find, that mails very often are send to both lists (I must admit doing so
> myself, as I often wasn't sure which list was the appropriate sounding-board
> for my problem).
>
> Even though I theoratically understand the reasoning between having two lists
> I wonder if it wouldn't be easier and clearer for all to just have one
> single vufind-mailinglist instead of two separate ones and getting mails
> doubly (one for each list)?
>
> Could we collect pros and cons for one or two mailinglists and discuss this?
>
> Kate

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