Verily didst Tied Up In Yello rise up and spake thus:
>
> Most of you HAVE lists.
> How did YOU get over these obsticles?
Well, I set up a uucp connection and started running my own
mail system. That's the ultimate in control and responsibility
you're looking for :-) It doesn't take much, other than effort.
I used an IBM XT with a 20mb drive and 2400bps modem running
Waffle for two years. It's cheap and it works. I finally
scraped together a pretty pathetic 386 system, and now I'm
running Linux and the whole works. So when they asked at
work "has anyone done this before" I was set. If you're looking for
experience, there's no substitute for running your own system.
> I know, I know, starting a little mailing list is a petty ambition, but
> hey, it's an ambition. :)
You gotta start somewhere! :-)
> Last, and least, this has to do with mailing lists if you really stretch
> the term... It was suggested to me to simply set up personal mail aliases
> to sent my mail to the "list" of people I want in the list.
> Well, I'm trying that. I'm using Elm, and I set up the alias:
>
> Key-West = Fellow Key West Fans = :include:/u/b/tfore/Mail/Key-West/members
> What am I doing wrong?
You need to explicitly list the addresses separated by commas.
Key-West = Fellow Key West Fans = fan1@somewhere, fan2@somwhere.else
In elm 2.4 at least (I don't know about earlier versions) there is
an option on the alias screen to edit the file, so you can use
your favorite editor.
Once you manage *this*, then you have a much better chance of getting
another alias. Do your own elm-based list for a few months, and
then you can *prove* that you can deal with bounces, etc.
- Alan
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Alan Millar amillar@bolis.SF-Bay.org __oo \
System Administrator =___/
Reason notwithstanding, the universe continues on unabated.
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