From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jul 15 16:23:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA03894 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 16:23:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA03886 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 16:23:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA06671; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 09:23:19 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980716092315.15276@welearn.com.au> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 09:23:15 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Mikhail Teterin Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stopping the bloody cross posting. References: <19980716085300.28556@welearn.com.au> <199807152258.SAA17222@xxx.video-collage.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <199807152258.SAA17222@xxx.video-collage.com>; from Mikhail Teterin on Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 06:58:07PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 06:58:07PM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > Sue Blake once stated: > > =On Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 02:57:30PM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > => Tim Vanderhoek once stated: > => > => It looks like a special header a-la Newsgroups: (X-MalingLists) is needed. > > =Hehe, I wonder how pleased the linux-newbie people would be to see that > =I read so many freebsd lists, or what the ladies in crochet-partners > =would think if my mail suddenly bulked out with the names of 58 > =technical sounding mailing lists in the header :-) > > This would only happen if you were to crosspost the same message to > all those lists. Oh, I misread the context and missed the newsgroup analogy. Poo. I thought you were proposing this as a way of letting others know, for example, if you're subscribed to -chat or need a personal response. Silly me, just when I thought we were having fun! -- Regards, -*Sue*- ========================================================================= ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: I am subscribed to most FreeBSD ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: mailing lists, including -chat, ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: but I have no objection to being ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: sent personal copies. In fact, I ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: prefer to have the second copy ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: because it arrives much quicker, ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: is easier to identify, and makes ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: makes my mail processing simpler. ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: But don't worry, do whatever you ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: find most convenient when replying. ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: ========================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message