Re: [vox] Re: [vox-tech] Sig line [ newbie annoyed with tin ]

[Peter Jay Salzman <p@dirMAPSac.org>]

micah,

yes, you absolutely run the risk of losing the original readers of the
message.  however, this is a DESIRABLE state of affairs.

everyone is happy:

1. people hate non-tech banter don't get the thread once it becomes
   non-technical.

2. people who love non-tech banter still get the thread because they
   subbed to vox as well as vox-tech.


micah, in other words, the people who chose not to subscribe to vox (but
did subscribe to vox-tech) made a conscious decision to do so.  they
chose to not subscribe to vox for a definite reason.

and by redirecting the thread to vox, we're respecting that reason.

besides, the people who are subbed to both mailing lists and are using a
threaded mailer like mutt see no discontinuity.

pete


begin Micah J. Cowan <micah@cowan.name> 
> But don't you run the risk of losing the original readers of the
> message? Specifically, the person to whom the original (branching)
> message was directed?
> 
> -Micah
> 
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 02:09:36PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > no,  absolutely not!
> > 
> > for precisely the same reasons why vox-tech was split off from vox in
> > the first place.
> > 
> > peter

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