On 14 Oct 1997, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> 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.
I'm just comparing -- a similar feature in 2.0 based on the current
release version would be fine.
> 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.
The only purpose of 'which' is not just to find out what lists I'm on so I
can unsubscribe. Sometimes I'm just interested in knowing.
> 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.
Of course, 'mail.torah.org' would be fine as well.
> 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.
Which is *fine*, as long as I'm already on the list. What makes you think
I shouldn't know about a list that I'm subscribed to just because it's
hidden?
Isn't the idea of hiding to keep it away from users who shouldn't know
about it? But I obviously *already* know about it.
I see what you're getting at, and in such a case -- the restrictions on
when to show unadvertized lists should be stricter than others.
If I do a'which torah.org', I shouldn't be shown unadvertized lists. Only
if I do a 'which brozen@mail.torah.org' or 'which brozentorah.org' should
I be shown them.
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