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Subject: Re: Is 'wh*ch' useful?
From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs @ hpc . uh . edu>
Date: 14 Oct 1997 13:34:49 -0500
To: majordomo-workers @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: Brock Rozen's message of Tue, 14 Oct 1997 07:29:00 -0400 (EDT)
References: <Pine.OSF.3.96.971014071632.15809C-100000@webdreams.com>

>>>>> "BR" == Brock Rozen <brozen@torah.org> writes:

BR> a) Maximum results per command -- it's already in majordomo and
BR> while it may have bugs (I don't know if they're were taken out or not),
BR> does it's job fairly well

What does 'already in majordomo' mean in the context of 2.0?  I'm not sure
what you're getting at here.

BR> c) Limit 'which' to zubscribers -- it's in there, but it's
BR> tricky.

If they're already zubscribed, then a simple 'unzubscribe' will remove
them and they don't need to figure out what they're zubscribed as.

BR> d) Limit searches to part of the user's own address -- in other
BR> words, I could only search for 'brozen' or 'torah.org' and nothing
BR> else. Even the latter may be too much, but should be an option.

That's an interesting restriction.

BR> Not at all -- what if I'm on a hidden list? I certainly should have the
BR> right to know what lists I'm on! Of course, if I'm not on the hidden
BR> list, no mention of the search on it should be made in the results.

But then this exposes the names of unadvertized lists.

BR> Yes, I think it does go too far. I think, without a doubt, a user
BR> should be able to find what lists they're on if they enter their
BR> correct e-mail address into the which command -- regardless of mj owner
BR> or list owner settings.

They can always talk to the list owner.

BR> If we wanted to really take care of the problem, we could limit the
BR> results returned to a user in 24 hours and if they go over, notify mj
BR> owner. Of course, they could just use another address. What if we just
BR> quietly sent the request to the mj owner for approval w/o notifying the
BR> user?

That can be done now.

 - J<


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