Hello Douglas

>Sometimes changes made via the list's web interface can produce startling
>results, not at all what one intended (which is one of the reasons I don't
>manage my lists via the "convenient" web interface).  Even an experienced
>listowner can be fooled into making undesired changes (you change this,
>something else is automatically changed without your knowledge).
...
>Douglas (who doesn't trust the web interface for list management)
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Could you say more  specifically what you found not to trust?  I had always
used the commands via e-mail and found that to be fine until one day when I
PUT back the header.  "Something else was automatically changed" with no
traceable reason, certainly no command sent from me, and caused mystery and
confusion until I discovered and corrected it.  At the time I was advised
that it was better to use the web interface.

Since then, I have found that editing a file (Welcome message) on the web
interface is also problematic.  Even basic key strokes do not always
work.  And working on it in a text file and then copying a fresh copy over
to the web interface was also a problem -- it seemed to"hang" everything,
eventually "took," but in duplicate (an extra key stroke when I thought
nothing was working).   Eventually I get it the way I want it, but can take
much more effort than just going in and making the changes and clicking Update.

It would seem that neither approach is free from such surprises happening
unexpectedly?

Molly
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