[mythtvnz] New program notifications

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Jim Cheetham <jim at gonzul.net> wrote:
> 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.

good points.

>
> 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 ...)

Sounds good Jim, thanks. Just to clarify, you have to subscribe to EPG
messages, AND click "Yes" in the next box to get your normal list
subscription too.