Hmmm... Hi James. I think this new thread of yours is somewhat disingenuous. Firstly, there is no way that this is a serious request. Posting this with PIC tag has just earned you two demerit points, especially at a time like this ;-). Given your thread-opener, I find it reasonable to reply with PIC tag... Hmmm... no, can't bring myself to do that... break the rules and all... must go OT since this is neither EE nor PIC. I am a fence sitter. I find some of Russel's 'stuff' interesting, and other stuff I find out-of-my-interest areas. I do find it irritating when there are many posts for subjects that have specific forums for them. Rocketry is one where, if I wanted to know more about it, I would go to a rocketry group. Sure it's interesting and all, but, why put it on Piclist when there are better places for it. The fact that Russel Cross-posts so often from other places, and also cc's non-list people speaks volumes that it is probably best delivered elsewhere. Still, the stuff I find interesting is normally duplicated from places I go to anyways (or will be duplicated there later... like SlashDot, the local newspaper, etc.). At some point there is a threshold of where it just becomes irritating, and, I use my 'filters' to shut down topics in my mail client (which, by the way, also shuts down topics like: [EE] Dialup login to ISP help! because people start new topics In-Reply-To: messages which I filter out....) It seems people have different thresholds, and thats' fine. I have been a silent filterer for a while, but, since people are 'polling' the situation, I feel you should know that there are people who filter partial content from EE. On the other hand, I crave for people to discuss real 'Electronic' EE because there are very few resources on the web where a novice like me can access the experience of mostly willing experts. The real juice in Piclist is in the [PIC] and [EE] tags. By telling people to filter out EE your are also essentially telling novices like me that the experts are going to have diminished availability for my questions (and other novice's questions). So, I think you are going to be nursing a sore foot from having shot it. This 'stunt' topic is a cheap shot, and not suited to the general caliber of you, or the list you administer. Just out of interest, I once posted a mail with a PIC tag that was 'flagged'. You sent me an e-mail off list, and part of that e-mail reads: =========== You can post just about anything to the PIC list. Just mark the tread [OT]: and that's enough for us. If list members don't like it... they can filter it.... As I have advised other before, if a list member doesn't like something said in a post they can send the "offenders" a private email asking them to mark [OT]s. If they get buried, maybe they will. ..or maybe they will drop off the list and then part of the SIGNAL will be gone forever rather than just buried in the noise. I don't want to loose your signal and I won't keep sending you this "reminder" email if you reply and tell me to stop. My goal is to keep people (like Tjaart, Scott Dattalo, and others and YOU) from leaving the list rather than have their valuable time wasted by a rash of off topic posts that are not tagged correctly. Thanks for taking the time to read this. If you have other questions about how to get the most out of the PICList, please see the PICList FAQ at: http://www.piclist.com ============ Now, the loss of 'Bob' seems to be completely contradictory to your stated goal. I think it is time to be serious. Rolf James Newton wrote: > I'm trying to write a program for my internet connected PIC that will allow > it to send the commands to the PIClist web server to turn off the EE and OT > topics so I can only receive and reply to PIC related posts. > > Can anyone help me understand what I need to do to make that happen? > > Is there an FAQ or other web page or instructions some where that explain > what the actual commands are that you send to the mailing list server to > turn off those other topics? > > My goal is to sell a little box that people can program with the email > address that they have subscribed to the PICList on, and then connect the > box to the internet and push a button that will accomplish the job of > turning off the topics. > > I've determined through market research that there are a large number of > people who would probably be willing to purchase such a device so that they > can be assured of never being bothered by a post that is NOT PIC related. > > James Newton: PICList webmaster/Admin > mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 phone > http://www.piclist.com/member/JMN-EFP-786 > PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com > > > > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist