Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!reed!trost From: trost (Bill Trost) Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh Subject: Re: Checking out messages to a mailing list. Message-ID: Date: 17 Apr 91 22:51:26 GMT References: <1991Apr15.153017.8329@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Sender: nobody@reed.UUCP Lines: 21 Return-Path: In-Reply-To: irvin@northstar26's message of 15 Apr 91 15:30:17 GMT irvin@northstar26 (Tim Irvin) writes: We then run into the problem of not knowing who is going to answer the question, without asking each other in person. It would be nice if there was someway we could "check-out" a question to answer to eliminate the confusion. Funny, I read through all the answers (well, all the ones we've received) to this question, and no one suggested using a shared folder. Create a folder any old place (sakes, I might create an MH directory for root if I were doing this), make it writable by the group. Have each of the administrators create a symlink (assuming you have symlinks...) in their mail directory to the shared folder. Make sure deliveries to the group get delivered with group permissions. Then, when someone wants to reply to a message, have them refile it to one of their own folders (or, better yet, a group "answered" folder) before actually replying. There might be the possibility that simultaneous refiles could result in two copies of the message existing, but it's probably not enough to worry about.