>
> I like this idea enough that I am going to implement it here. Because of
> the way we archive individual messages, it won't be very difficult, but I
> know there are at least a couple other ways to archive and I'm not quite up
> to providing a general solution.
>
> I have messages archiving numerically -- i.e., when one goes to the list
> it is copied into the archive dir as number 1725 or whatever number it is
> up to. When a user issues whatever command we use for this (and I don't
> want to use POSTPONE for the sake of less confusion) I will transfer the
> name to a different file, say listname.postpone, along with the current
> number. When the user issues RESUME, it will be a simple matter to
> package up all the posts that have gone out since then and mail them
> off. Of course, I will check the total file size and ask the user
> whether he wants to receive it.
>
> Thoughts on this? A better way, perhaps?
Sounds pretty good--some kind of an answer besides "your paying customers
don't know what they want" is clearly needed. The one piece that you did
not mention is that the notion of one notice to the server ought to take
care of all lists on that server.
>
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>
> On Fri, 1 Jul 1994, Larry Sheldon wrote:
>
> > And I say :
> > I think a really customer-oriented, user-friendly thing would be something like
> > what the (gasp, what a role model!) USPS does where you can stop deliveries
> > for a period, then get all that was missed.
>
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