Erik . Schweitzer wrote:

I really fail to see how a split as described would change the list
as a whole.  If a person was subscribe to all five lists, it would
be just like being subscribed to the present list.  People would
have to be a little more careful that they are responding to the
right list, but that just means they would have to use that cheap
operating system you were touting earlier. ;)

So here is a question.  If a person was subscribed to all five
lists, how would the messages he see change?  They would still
get the 'fics, the discussion, and the spam.

Answer: There will always be those, who, like on newsgroups, post on
multiple lists. If you had five lists, and some moron posted an 'important'
message on all five lists, you'd be getting it five times.

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