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LISTSERV give-and-take forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Herman Van Uytven <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 20 Dec 1993 11:40:35 +01
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LISTSERV give-and-take forum <[log in to unmask]>
In article <[log in to unmask]>, Eric Thomas
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>
>I don't see a problem as long as  you do NOT use TELL. Creating a list is
>something  "important", you  can't afford  losing one  of the  parameters
>because a  link went down. Another  thing is that most  people don't have
>access to  TELL. So what  you want is a  program that asks  questions and
>prepares a list header, then mails it to someone for processing. This can
>be a human  being or a server  that would check everything  and issue the
>PUT  command. The  problem  as  usual is  writing  an  interface for  200
>different environments...
 
I was thinking on tell just because then you don't need a specialised
user interface.  All the questions (and answers) could be numbered, to be
sure no question/answer gets lost.
 
-Herman-
>
>  Eric

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