On Mon, 3 Feb 1997, Pauline Price wrote:
> What if
> - there were a standard listmanager protocol for commands
> - mail clients knew that protocol, and how to query list-servers
> about supported features
> - mail clients maintained lists of active subscriptions, and
> provided intelligent support for posting, suspending,
> un-subscribing, etc
>
> Then our clueless users would have push-button support for what they
> want to do. And we would have less headaches all around. I suppose
> the world looks much different when you happen to have a stake in
> the technology/internet world as well as the personal happiness of one
> of the 'worst offender' types.
>
> What would it take to get from here to there?
Bill Gates?
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