Okay, I'm setting up the default behaviors of the new software, and I need some opinions. First off, "mailing lists" are heretofore referred to as "groups," because that's what they're being called these days (when they're not "communities," which I draw the line at). So what used to be known as "groups" are now "topics." Say we've got two topics defined on this list, "chat" (which is socializing, which I haven't encouraged much of lately because we *don't* have the topics turned on here yet), and "prospects" (which is where all the forms from people who want to be gamemasters go). Topics will (but don't yet!) work as follows: listowners@phoenyx.net goes to the whole list listowners+chat@phoenyx.net goes to only those signed up for "chat" listowners+prospects@phoenyx.net goes ditto. listowners+chat+prospects@phoenyx.net goes to everyone on either list (only one copy if you're on both). (That particular combination of subtopics is pretty unlikely, but you get the idea.) Everyone is required to be a part of listowners itself, but some people (you know who you are) really don't want to be a part of the Phoenyx, so no one is required to participate in either subtopic. You can use them on game lists to reflect party splits (for example, I use them in TKR to separate "cars" only, since the AI's can communicate via radio without the drivers hearing) or separate games (for example, the Westwind or the late Pulp Adventure games). Now here's where the opinions come in. When a new listowner signs up to this list, are they automatically a part of all subtopic distributions? I think so, but I could be wrong. Conversely, when a new topic is created, are all users automatically made a part of it? I think so again, but I could be wrong. -- Karen J. Cravens silver@phoenyx.net The Dog Ate My Sketchbook: http://silver.phoenyx.net/ -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Listowner tools are found at http://www.phoenyx.net/listowners
