[mythtvnz] New program notifications

[Jim Cheetham]

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have no problem with using the present list (at least on a trial
> basis anyway), but wonder if a separate list would 'fine grain' it to
> those who truly want it.

Another list is easy to set up, but runs the risk of being "unknown"
for new people coming along, and of course doubles the admin overhead
of getting it going.

There is a feature of the mailman software that I've never used,
topics, which might be ideal for this ...

"""
topics_enabled (topics): Should the topic filter be enabled or disabled?

The topic filter categorizes each incoming email message according to
regular expression filters you specify below. If the message's
Subject: or Keywords: header contains a match against a topic filter,
the message is logically placed into a topic bucket. Each user can
then choose to only receive messages from the mailing list for a
particular topic bucket (or buckets). Any message not categorized in a
topic bucket registered with the user is not delivered to the list.

Note that this feature only works with regular delivery, not digest delivery.

The body of the message can also be optionally scanned for Subject:
and Keywords: headers, as specified by the topics_bodylines_limit
configuration variable.
"""

I've set up a Topic called "EPG", looking for "Keywords: EPG" -- this
can be in the headers, or in the first 5 lines of the body. If you
want to see these, you need to individually subscribe to the EPG topic
via http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/options/mythtvnz (you will need
your list password to log in here of course) (sadly, I don't think I
can set it for you ...)

-jim