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Simon, This sounds like a good idea if you are willing to do it. Personally, I enjoy getting all the mail (except the spams) but if this would make everyone else feel better I think it would be great. Thanks for your very generous offer in any case. Nancy Walker [log in to unmask] >Hi, > >I've been a member of this list for some time now, and have enjoyed both >the discussions and the mail from people who are able to contribute long, >detailed articles on specific topics (which I found very useful and have >passed on to many people). > >However, I can understand that these long, detailed posts cause problems >for some people. > >Rather than stop them completely, or have people leave the list because >they can't handle the volume, perhaps I can make a propsal which can keep >everyone happy. > >My firm is just about to connect itself to the Internet, with a proper >leased line and everything. Knowing of my interest in PD, they have kindly >offered to let my use our site for PD related stuff (I'm their systems >admin.). > >What about if I set up a related mailing list to this one, for example >"PD-Contrib", which would be for any large informative articles, e.g. >newsletters, research reports, etc. Items which people come across and >think "I'll type that in and send it to the PARKINSN list", and some of us >find it interesting and some of us get upset about our phone bills, or our >mail software can't handle it. > >If I manage to get everything working, then: > > - people who weren't sensitive to large, potentially off topic posts > could subscribe directly to PD-Contrib, as well as PARKINSN. > > - I could post a regular summary of contributions to the main PARKINSN > list, so you all know what is going on. > > - if you are interested in any articles you can get it by: > - mailing a request off to the server, which will send it back > - accessing the article via the Web > >The PD-Contrib list would probably moderated so people could run archivers >on the group without having to manually filter out the junk. > >I hope this would give us the best of both worlds: > - a discussion list that people feel they can keep up with. > - an area where people can contribute various articles and resources. > >With luck, the reduced number of large articles on the main list should >increase people's tolerance to articles which they consider off-topic. I >have noticed a definate increase in people willing to shout the house down >about posts which in their opinion aren't relevant, an increase which IMHO >(in my humble opinion) isn't particularly healthy. (Spams are of course >always unwelcome anywhere). > >Any comments? I don't want to start this if people feel I am doing >something I shouldn't. I could get this working in a couple of weeks if you >are interested. > > > >Simon > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Simon J. Coles | "Far better it is to dare mighty things, > New Information Paradigms | to win glorious triumphs, even though > | checkered by failure, than to take rank > EMail: | with those poor spirits who neither enjoy > [log in to unmask] | much nor suffer much, because they live > | in the gray twilight that knows not victory > | or defeat." > Tel. (Work) +44 1344 778783 | -Teddy Roosevelt > >