From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 11 19:48:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10EC116A402 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:48:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from breath@unix.net) Received: from mtsnet.ru (mts3.mtsnet.ru [213.87.0.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8328E13C4AE for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:48:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from breath@unix.net) Received: from [84.17.224.22] (HELO breathpoint.home) by mtsnet.ru (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.1) with SMTP id 564587; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:48:34 +0400 Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:40:55 +0400 From: Yuri Grebenkin To: L Goodwin Message-Id: <20070411234055.1af540a6.breath@unix.net> In-Reply-To: <998445.85706.qm@web58109.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <200704110927.59852.jonathan@hst.org.za> <998445.85706.qm@web58109.mail.re3.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.6.9; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) X-Operating-System: FreeBSD Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proper list server? (was Re: Automatic means for spinning down disks available?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:48:40 -0000 L Goodwin, Wrap your lines; To reply to both list and sender use "Reply to all"; To send a "private" message delete freebsd-*@freebsd.org; To.... and so on. Control everything yourself! But I think that the best is to use some normal mailer program that support simple list handling. It's not like some kind of forum and it's all about transparent architecture and freedom. - Yuri On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:14:54 -0700 (PDT) L Goodwin wrote: > Well, Jonathan, since you asked, here are the things I've found cumbersome about freebsd-questions, some/all of which may be due to my own ignorance: > > 1) I get all email posted to freebsd-questions in my inbox (actually, some end up in "bulk mail" folder). That's a lot of mail to wade through. I'm trying to get a system up and running so I can move on to the next task. > I suppose I could set up some email filtering rules to limit what comes in. > > 2) To reply to an email, I have to copy/paste "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" into the "To" field. If I forget to do this, my reply gets send to the sender only. > See? I almost forgot to do it for this reply. :-} > > One feature I like about (some) list servers is the ability to send a private message to another member. This comes in handy when one person is helping troubleshoot a problem, and you don't need everybody on the list to get involved. > > Jonathan McKeown wrote: > > On Wednesday 11 April 2007 05:12, L Goodwin wrote: > > For starters, how about getting this mail group on a proper list server? > > I'll gladly help if there is anything I can do other than get in the way... > > I normally try not to be rude, but... > > what on Earth are you talking about? What is it about a Mailman installation > on a host within the freebsd.org domain that renders it less than proper? > > Jonathan