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

Tue Feb 22 17:05:14 UTC 2005

You could always killfile the worst offenders...

But I think, really, this becomes a small issue of mailing list 
etiquette. it is rarely the case that every post in a thread needs 
responding to. Generally, if you write one or two responses, you will 
have made every point that you intend to make, and further posting will 
amount to restating the same point in response to different arguments.

But I've also never seen a mailing list where everybody gets this point 
on every thread. So, really, you're probably SOL.

-Snowspinner

On Feb 22, 2005, at 10:59 AM, Viajero wrote:

> 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.
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