Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:31:44 -0500 From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> To: Brian <bri@brianwhalen.net> Cc: "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@highperformance.net>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mailing lists Message-ID: <476293D0.3090407@langille.org> In-Reply-To: <476220AA.5010603@brianwhalen.net> References: <4761E8AD.4080000@brianwhalen.net> <20071213194324.E7985@wonkity.com> <4761F7C5.1060605@brianwhalen.net> <20071213214449.P8646@wonkity.com> <20071213220036.K8646@wonkity.com> <47621CE8.2000807@highperformance.net> <476220AA.5010603@brianwhalen.net>
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Brian wrote: > Jason C. Wells wrote: >> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Brian wrote: >> >>> The fact that each mailing list exists as list@freebsd.org and >>> freebsd-list@freebsd.org makes me need to make 2 filters for each >>> list I subscribe to. Can I suggest that if this is going to >>> continue, that the server shows one format for all the messages that >>> go out? >> >> Filter on the Sender header. That is controlled by the list manager >> and doesn't have duplicate names. For -questions, the Sender is >> owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. >> > This is just the kind of thing we should avoid, we're choosing to make > the more difficult on user route because??? I filter on sender. Have done so for years. No problem at all. As for difficult, I understand the list alias exists to make things EASIER for users. They can use either list name. If this is the biggest problem in your life, consider yourself fortunate. :) -- Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference: http://www.bsdcan.org/
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