# Urth and Whorl mailing lists *The Urth list — 6 messages, 3 voices, 17 Oct 2000* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Talarican *17 Oct 2000, 20:47* ----- Original Message ----- From: Ranjit Bhatnagar ... > Please discuss on the lists and/or send me your opinions: > > * Is it really necessary to have two lists, or would one be > more comfortable? Considering the frequency of cross-list and hybrid discussions, I'm inclined to favor a unified list, myself. > * Would you be offended or annoyed by advertising inserted > into every message? (sigh!) well, c'est la vie! Beats no messages at all. Would this require HTML capabilities on the part of our mail programs? > * Is the ability to search the message archive for keywords > useful to you? yes, quite. > Any other advice or suggestions would be welcomed. > > > Ranjit Bhatnagar > Keeper of the Urth and Whorl lists And once again, we are tremendously in your debt. --- ### Talarican *17 Oct 2000, 20:47 · follows Talarican* ----- Original Message ----- From: Ranjit Bhatnagar ... > Please discuss on the lists and/or send me your opinions: > > * Is it really necessary to have two lists, or would one be > more comfortable? Considering the frequency of cross-list and hybrid discussions, I'm inclined to favor a unified list, myself. > * Would you be offended or annoyed by advertising inserted > into every message? (sigh!) well, c'est la vie! Beats no messages at all. Would this require HTML capabilities on the part of our mail programs? > * Is the ability to search the message archive for keywords > useful to you? yes, quite. > Any other advice or suggestions would be welcomed. > > > Ranjit Bhatnagar > Keeper of the Urth and Whorl lists And once again, we are tremendously in your debt. --- ### mark millman *18 Oct 2000, 09:58 · follows Talarican* Folks, Here's my small contribution to the future form of the Urth and Whorl lists. > At 8:23 am PDT on 17 October 2000, Ranjit Bhatnagar > wrote: > [snip] > > Please discuss on the lists and/ > or send me your opinions: > > * Is it really necessary to have > two lists, or would one be > more comfortable? Personally I prefer two, as I find that it makes threads easier to follow, but it's not a big issue; I could deal with one big list, if that's what others prefer. > * Would you be offended or > annoyed by advertising inserted > into every message? I'd rather not have advertising if it can be avoided, but I'd much rather have advertising than no list at all. I imagine it won't be too difficult to ignore ads. > * Is the ability to search the > message archive for keywords > useful to you? Oh yes indeed. > Any other advice or suggestions > would be welcomed. Well, this isn't advice or a suggestion, but I'm very grate- ful to you for running this list for us, and for keeping it up even in the face of danger and disaster. Thank you. > Ranjit Bhatnagar > Keeper of the Urth and Whorl lists Mark Millman (Nacre) kibbitzer on the Urth and Whorl lists --- ### mark millman *18 Oct 2000, 09:58 · follows mark millman* Folks, Here's my small contribution to the future form of the Urth and Whorl lists. > At 8:23 am PDT on 17 October 2000, Ranjit Bhatnagar > wrote: > [snip] > > Please discuss on the lists and/ > or send me your opinions: > > * Is it really necessary to have > two lists, or would one be > more comfortable? Personally I prefer two, as I find that it makes threads easier to follow, but it's not a big issue; I could deal with one big list, if that's what others prefer. > * Would you be offended or > annoyed by advertising inserted > into every message? I'd rather not have advertising if it can be avoided, but I'd much rather have advertising than no list at all. I imagine it won't be too difficult to ignore ads. > * Is the ability to search the > message archive for keywords > useful to you? Oh yes indeed. > Any other advice or suggestions > would be welcomed. Well, this isn't advice or a suggestion, but I'm very grate- ful to you for running this list for us, and for keeping it up even in the face of danger and disaster. Thank you. > Ranjit Bhatnagar > Keeper of the Urth and Whorl lists Mark Millman (Nacre) kibbitzer on the Urth and Whorl lists --- ### William Ansley *19 Oct 2000, 01:20 · follows mark millman* > "Talarican" wrote: > ... > > Please discuss on the lists and/or send me your opinions: >> * Is it really necessary to have two lists, or would one be >> more comfortable? > > > > Considering the frequency of cross-list and hybrid discussions, I'm inclined > to favor a unified list, myself. I also favor a single list. >> * Would you be offended or annoyed by advertising inserted >> into every message? > (sigh!) well, c'est la vie! Beats no messages at all. Would this require > HTML capabilities on the part of our mail programs? I would say an absolute no to any ads that were not plain text. I would prefer no ads, but will put up with plain text ads rather than have no list. >> * Is the ability to search the message archive for keywords >> useful to you? > yes, quite. I consider the search capability to be a very good thing. And, if you can include it in the next incarnation of the list, don't keep it such a secret next time, i.e., put a link to the search page in the addendum tacked onto every message or digest. > > Any other advice or suggestions would be welcomed. See previous response. > > >> Ranjit Bhatnagar >> Keeper of the Urth and Whorl lists > And once again, we are tremendously in your debt. I heartily second this. ``` William Ansley ``` --- ### William Ansley *19 Oct 2000, 01:20 · follows William Ansley* > "Talarican" wrote: > ... > > Please discuss on the lists and/or send me your opinions: >> * Is it really necessary to have two lists, or would one be >> more comfortable? > > > > Considering the frequency of cross-list and hybrid discussions, I'm inclined > to favor a unified list, myself. I also favor a single list. >> * Would you be offended or annoyed by advertising inserted >> into every message? > (sigh!) well, c'est la vie! Beats no messages at all. Would this require > HTML capabilities on the part of our mail programs? I would say an absolute no to any ads that were not plain text. I would prefer no ads, but will put up with plain text ads rather than have no list. >> * Is the ability to search the message archive for keywords >> useful to you? > yes, quite. I consider the search capability to be a very good thing. And, if you can include it in the next incarnation of the list, don't keep it such a secret next time, i.e., put a link to the search page in the addendum tacked onto every message or digest. > > Any other advice or suggestions would be welcomed. See previous response. > > >> Ranjit Bhatnagar >> Keeper of the Urth and Whorl lists > And once again, we are tremendously in your debt. I heartily second this. ``` William Ansley ``` ---