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Subject: Re: Bulk Email Policy: What's Yours?
From: Rich Pieri <rich . pieri @ prescienttech . com>
Date: 20 Apr 1997 17:45:34 -0400
To: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: Leslie Mikesell's message of Sun, 20 Apr 1997 16:33:01 -0500 (CDT)
References: <199704202133.QAA10668@Venus.mcs.net>

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>>>>> "LM" == Leslie Mikesell <les@Mcs.Net> writes:

>> Majordomo is a tool.  Like any tool there are things that it is good for
>> and things that it is not good for.  It is not a good tool for what you
>> described.

LM> Actually it is good, it just is not efficient.

If it was a good tool for what you want to do then there would be no need
to ask how to us it in tihs fashion.  The fact that this did arise
indicates that it probably is not a good tool for this particular job.

[...]

LM> Would people who normally don't use your news server connect on a
LM> regular basis just to check if anything was posted to your local
LM> groups?

No, they would not.

LM> How do you get them to do that?

I would do nothing other than say, "here it is."  If it is that important
they will check it.

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Rich Pieri <rich.pieri@prescienttech.com> | Ingredients of Happy Fun Ball
Prescient Technologies, Inc.              | include an unknown glowing
A Stone & Webster Company                 | substance which fell to Earth,
I speak for myself, not PTI or SWEC       | presumably from outer space.


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