New list address name discussion

[Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Costa -- Network Info Srvs quoted and wrote:

> > Is MF.3D suitable, or is a longer name required?
> 
>  No, that's fine.  Usually when a list has a name that doesn't spell
>  out what it is in English, we generally tack on something like
>            xxxx.Forum
>            xxxx.News
>            xxxx.Announce
>            xxxx.Chat
> 
>  etc.  The idea is that picking one of these initially leaves
>  room for growth.  For example, if the XYZ club starts a discussion
>  list called:
> 
>            XYZ.Club
> 
>  and then later decides that they need an `announcement' list because
>  lots of the subscribers want to know about official news from the
>  club officers, but can't stand being subscribed to a discussion
>  group.  This gives us two lists named:
> 
>            XYZ.Club
>            XYZ.Club.Announce
> 
>  But now it isn't clear, at least from just the name, what the first
>  list is for.  That original list could be renamed to XYZ.Club.Forum
>  but that in turn would cause a whole different set of problems.  So
>  that's why we sometimes recommend something like
> 
>            XYZ.Club.Forum
> 
>   or even just
> 
>            XYZ.Forum
> 
>  to start out with.
> 
>  In any case, it's not a big deal, we're just trying to avoid confusion
>  for subscribers by picking the best possible names to start with.
>  Since I doubt you'd need a second, closely related list, we should
>  be all set with "MF.3D".  Just remember, short list names are not
>  always easier to remember than long ones if the longer one is well
>  named.  Also if people don't like typing in a long name, they almost
>  always can use their own e-mail program to assign their own short
>  mnemonic (for them) abbreviation for that address.

Paul Talbot