Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!ucbvax!pasteur!ames!killer!pollux!dalsqnt!rpp386!vote@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US From: vote@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (Comp.archives voting) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Posting and Counting Votes Summary: a simple solution. Message-ID: <7211@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> Date: 28 Sep 88 04:15:42 GMT References: <4808@juniper.uucp> <7042@ki4pv.uucp> Sender: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: vote@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (Comp.archives voting) Organization: HASA, "S" Division Lines: 26 In article <7042@ki4pv.uucp> tanner@ki4pv.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews) writes: >Before voting starts, but after the discussion period, the >central vote administrator would be contacted, given the >newsgroup name and a person to whom comments might be forwarded. >Then, votes (yes or no) would be mailed to the magical address >(say, "votes@lucky_site"), where they would be tabulated and the >comments forwarded. the approach i took with my recent comp.archives vote was to edit the Reply-To: and From: lines to give the address of the vote taking mailbox. then, inside the article i requested the reader to simply reply to the article and edit the Subject: line to give the vote. the net result of this approach has been 246 votes received in about 2 weeks. by requesting the vote be placed on the Subject: line i can see how the vote is going by looking at the output of an 'h' command. this is the second vote i've taken this year, and by far the easiest. i have no complaints about having to work my butt off, in particular since i've not bothered to send replies or acknowlegements! [ not to worry, i have so many votes a few lost ones are not going to make a difference. ] oh yes - if you haven't voted on comp.archives [ a newsgroup for posting archive site information ], please reply to this letter and edit the Subject: line to indicate your choice. ain't that easy?