[arachne] Re: Fw: Re: Detachments

Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!

Hi Gang!
I don't have any problem with having a couple more moderators!
The holidays have been hectic, so I have sort of been reading
messages "remotely"...but at least I can do that!  Once things
get settled a bit, I can get back to a "normal" wizzie!  Unless,
the normal wiz is so abnormal compared to the rest of the world,
hehehe!
Freelists doesn't offer binary groups...however, this could be
arranged if I found a NNTP server maybe...would require using
something other than Arachne for NNTP though.  Personally, I
dislike binary message groups, I don't even care for large image
attachments.  As others have mentioned, a simple pointer to a
download site is the BEST option for DOS Internet, heck, even
for Windows!
C U L8R!
Wiz  <{;-)
(signature below)


On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 09:19:18 -0700, Bob Dohse wrote:

> John (cc to Wiz),

> I don't think Freelists offers binary file downloads. Yahoo does (or did,
> I'm not current), but Yahoo isn't easily compatible with Arachne - which
> is a bit contradictory. The only easy scheme that I know is to use text
> files for posting list information.

> If you haven't already, look into creating your own *practice list* on
> freelists. Then play with the functions of creating admin messages to
> store on the server (like welcome messages). Also play with the function
> of allowing several (trustworthy) others the admin privilege of modifying
> the files and see how that works out in real life.

> Freelists has many message file possibilities, so it shouldn't be a
> problem finding a standard admin file that isn't that useful for a small
> group and can double as a 2DO list.

> Once you've figured out all the parameters and have that under control,
> then you'll be completely ready to launch an *integrated 2DO list* that
> all the development team could help maintain. I think part of the long
> term key would be to have ways for developers to update status lists
> without the need for a single individual to control the process.

> My suggestion (perhaps a minority opinion) is that the players in the
> development process should have a separate list where they could dialog
> about the technical stuff (programming, applications, etc.) AND anyone
> else who was interested could watch (but wasn't welcome to discuss other
> issues - which takes both discipline and a disciplinarian). That, in my
> opinion, would be a good place to maintain status lists, with only a
> periodic update posted to any regular discussion lists (like Coollist).

> If Glenn was comfortable giving all the development folks admin
> privileges on the Arachne@Freelists group, then your 2DO files could
> possibly reside somewhere as one of the admin files. However, the risk is
> that eventually everybody becomes a moderator or admin, which means that
> quality control becomes minimal.

> The overall best scheme is to find a free newsletter list server that
> offered free autobot services, but I don't know of any. If you find one
> of those then I'll nominate you for the position of King Spider.
> Meanwhile, try working out the bugs in the Freelists scheme and see where
> that leads us.

> Bob ~

> On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 "John Sparks" <johncsparks@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> Hi Glenn, Bob,

>> At present I circulate 2dolists as text file attachments to email.
>> These become included within the body of Freelists posts.

>> My order of preference would be:
>> 1. Place the files on an ftp server
>> 2. Send the files as true attachments
>> 3. The current situation

>> Any suggestions?

>> Extract from Freelists faq:-
>> "Can I send files (attachments) to the list?
>> In general, this is a bad idea. Even small files (images, for
>> example)
>> take enormous amounts of network resources to send to every user on
>> the list. Thus, they are disabled by default. The same goes for
>> HTML
>> emails, actually. If you'd like these features enabled, please talk
>> to
>> your moderator."

>> Regards
>> John
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Sparks" <johncsparks@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 4:14 PM
>> Subject: [arachne] Re: Detachments

>> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
>> >
>> > Ha! Just noticed that "Attached file included as plaintext by
>> > Ecartis".
>> >
>> > Apologies for the confusion, I was looking for proper
>> attachments.
>> >
>> > I would have preferred the latter, but at least something got
>> through.
>> >
>> > John

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> [Attached file: 73P597K2.htm]
Wizard57M
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