Re: Pre-TNE mail-list

> Thanks, Mark, for taking the pre-TNE position and expressing it more
> eloquently than I have.

Thanks.  I appear, however, to have ruffled some feathers in the
TNE camp.  Sigh.

> The sheer volume of the postings is what turn off several many listeners
> -- even casual listeners frequently drop the TML because they cannot
> drink from the fire hose.

Well put, and dead on target, IMHO.

> Users could subscribe to any or all of the following subject interest
> areas (notice that existing topical interest lists like CAT could easily
> be grafted on as topical subject areas of TML):
>
> 	CAT		- Computer-Aided Traveller
> 	Classic		- Black Book/Traveller Book Ruleset
> 	MT		- MegaTraveller Ruleset
> 	TNE		- TNE Ruleset
> 	Imperium	- Third Imperium Era
> 	Rebellion	- Rebellion Era
> 	Regency?	- Regency Era
> 	Admin		- List Administrivia
> 	Announce	- New product, list, pbem announcements, etc.
> 	Miscellaneous	- Stuff that doesn't fit the above
>
> What it would take from me is a serious dedication of time to develop
> the filterers and list management...
>
> Sounds like a lot of work, more than I may be willing to chew off.
> Still, it's interesting. I'll let you know if there's any chance this is
> doable.

I'd be willing to investigate mechanisms to help implement this
scheme (which I like a *lot*) when I get back from Central America,
if you're interested in any help.

> In the mean time, it would probably be wise for me to set up the simple,
> pre-TNE mailing list to stop the exodus today before the Third Imperium
> dies in the hearts of its fans.

Yes, please.  If introduced as a transitional tool (of indeterminate
duration), we can placate the anti-TNE camp (which I sit firmly in),
and then work on a more elegant solution (such as you propose above)
at our leisure.

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