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From: max@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Max Hailperin)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: mail round-robiner
Message-ID: <1990Mar22.162245.5736@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 22 Mar 90 16:22:45 GMT
References: <1990Mar21.215856.10581@Neon.Stanford.EDU> <8a2CRfL0BwwOENiV11@transarc.com>
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In article <8a2CRfL0BwwOENiV11@transarc.com> Craig_Everhart@TRANSARC.COM
writes:
>Not to play one-up here, but there's an alternative that I have to mention.
>... Andrew Message System ... shareable mail folders ... everybody in a group
>can read and reply to ... Arriving mail is filed in group-handleable folders
>Maybe other folder-oriented systems do this too, but it's a thought.

Thanks for the suggestion; I don't believe it fills my need however, because
the members of my round-robin are scattered all over the world on various
networks. (In case your wondering, it's LaTeX-help@sumex-aim.stanford.edu)
Naturally there are other issues, e.g. fair work allocation, but those
are secondary.  Others with a situation similar to mine may be
interested in my code.  Those with a local operation, or even one
constrained to the Internet [I believe AFS only works on the Internet,
right?] might be better off with your system, especially if the
work-allocation was best done in a non-round-robin fashion.