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[Bob Jonkman]

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Scott Allen wrote:
> a person subscribed to the Discussion list would not be able to do 
> the equivalent of unsubscribing from the Announce list

That's like saying "A person subscribed to the Discussion List would not
be able to unsubscribe from Scott Allen"

> They'd be forced to receive all Announcement messages

Yes, Announcement messages would be a fundamental part of the
conversation on the Discussion  list, just like messages from any
other participant.

> Also, people on both lists would get duplicates of the 
> announcements.

Conveniently, people subscribed to the Discussion list have no need to
subscribe to another list.

We've had this setup for years on the Fairvote Waterloo lists[1].
There have been no complaints.

- --Bob.

[1] http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/contact/


On 14-08-04 07:16 AM, Scott Allen wrote:
> On 4 August 2014 01:36, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman-w5ExpX8uLjYAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Add the Discussion list address to the Announce list
>> subscribers. Then any message to Announce automatically goes to
>> all the Discussion subscribers too.
> 
> That would mean that a person subscribed to the Discussion list 
> would not be able to do the equivalent of unsubscribing from the 
> Announce list. They'd be forced to receive all Announcement 
> messages (unless they implemented some kind of filter of their 
> own). Also, people on both lists would get duplicates of the 
> announcements.
> 
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