17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Frank O'Dwyer wrote:
[...] the drivel that comes from some of our more prolific posters is best handled by filtering by the list members themselves. (I currently have 3 of them going directly to the trash. Perhaps aga should get kickbacks from Qualcomm. He managed to sell a copy of EudoraPro.)
It would be nice if each user could install filters on Majordomo itself. Not only would we not need to buy Eudora Pro, but we wouldn't have to pay to download messages we didn't want to read, and without having to employ a moderator (censor). The most serious drawback I can think of is the slight loss of privacy involved in revealing one's filtering preferences to the server
[snip] The most serious drawback is the precedent you'd be setting.