Mail volume

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>From GEOFF at SRI-CSL Wed Oct 28 17:36:05 1981
Here is what I plan to do to help with the volume problem.

1) I will have mail to the list go to a mailbox which I will then
REMAIL/REDISTRIBUTE the mail out of (therefore, keeping the
original header intact).  Karl Nyberg uses this method for
INFO-LAW mailing list and works well.  I am unalterably opposed
to digested mailing lists.

2) Responses to messages like how to get a 68000 C compiler will
be collected and put in publicly accessible files which anyone
can FTP.  People who can't FTP them can mail requests to the
mailing list, which I will intercept, and then in reply, MAIL the
contents of the file back to them.

3) People who absolutely insist and getting immediate delivery
mail, and want to see all the worthless messages like Please add
or drop me from the list, etc, can/could be accommodated.  But by
default, everyone will be subjected to method (1) [above].

I'll be implementing this later this week, until then, please
bear with me.

P.S.  We are also working on the MMDF verboseage problem; Please
bear with us on that one as well.  Help is on the way...