On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 8:21 AM Paul Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Where does one change the kind of topics they do and do not wish to > receive? I have been unable to find this option. > > Happy folding, creasing, diagramming, and tessellating to all.... > With a list of this size and traffic volume, it has never been an issue; no one has ever asked for sub-topic-subscriptions. The mailing list system we use for the list (Mailman) does have a “topics” facility built in, but it’s pretty complicated and - here’s the tricky part - requires users to pay strict attention to adding keywords to the body or subject of the messages. (Interesting side effect: any message without keywords, or without anyone subscribed to those keywords, *will not get delivered to anyone*.) Other than a rough idea of how it behaves, in fact, I have no idea how it works in practice, having never had a list that used it. Given the list members’ propensity (more properly, lack thereof) for wanting to be constrained in their posting habits and/or doing anything in particular to the content or format to get stuff to go through, plus the current traffic volume, I’m disinclined to try to institute such a system for this list. That said, if a bunch of people are interested in it (perhaps sub-topics would in fact make more people contribute? Who know?) and want to test it out and/or propose such a change and what it would mean for this list, I’m happy to set up a test list and give y’all admin access to its configuration, and you can go off and try it. Let me know! Anne LaVin >
