Re:help for new administrator

At 6:32 PM -0500 2/25/04, Pip Chodorov is rumored to have typed:

> I see a valuable ressource for this "smartlist" group:
> membership configuration is available on a website.

   (*sigh*) This "'smartlist' group" (actually the smartlist mailing list) is
NOT run on smartlist. Smartlist does not have capabilities out-of-the-box to
permit "disable mail" (receive suspension), "receive digests" (smartlist
deals with digests as seperate lists), or "receive
copies of their own posts" (there is no way for a subscriber NOT to receive
copies of their own posts). There are various add-ons around, and of course
you're welcomed to write your own additions.

   Yes, I find it ironic that the smartlist mailing list is not operated by
smartlist, but it was changed so long ago that I've gotten used to it. For
those who must depend on web pages to administer a mailing list or their own
subscriptions, smartlist isn't likely the best solution. For those who use
email or shells to handle their mailing lists, and who want to fine-tune
their list every which way to Sunday without having to launch bloated
intepretive systems (python, perl) every time a mail comes in, smartlist is
the lean, mean, listing machine.

         Charlie