[WikiEN-l] WikiEN-L needs dailing posting limits

Tue Feb 22 16:59:11 UTC 2005

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:20:38 +1100, David Gerard 
<fun at thingy.apana.org.au> wrote:

> and (using the bit at the bottom) set their mail feed to daily digest

and Zoney wrote:

> Using an email system that groups messages by thread is very helpful.

Neither digests nor fancy mailers solve the issue of overposting. 
Besides, digests cause other problems. I use Thunderbird, which is very 
proficient at sorting messages by thread, even when the subject is 
changed. But the sorting system fails when people who subscribe to the 
digest version post a reply by replying the digest message or by 
starting a new message.

In short, there is no quick & easy tech fix (AFAIK, Mailman, the program 
this list uses, does not support daily quotas). If overposting continues 
to be a problem, some kind of voluntary agreement, like the three revert 
rule, may be the only solution.

V.