From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 1 16:02:17 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14A0916A41C for ; Fri, 1 Jul 2005 16:02:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jtriende@wisc.edu) Received: from smtp5.wiscmail.wisc.edu (heimdall.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.159]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D904443D53 for ; Fri, 1 Jul 2005 16:02:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jtriende@wisc.edu) Received: from avs-daemon.smtp5.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtp5.wiscmail.wisc.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 2.04 (built Feb 8 2005)) id <0IIY00704HVRNB@smtp5.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:02:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [128.104.10.240] by smtp5.wiscmail.wisc.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 2.04 (built Feb 8 2005)) with ESMTPSA id <0IIY00G4SHVQGG@smtp5.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:02:15 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:02:09 -0500 From: James Riendeau In-reply-to: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.6.040913.0 X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-7, Version=4.7.1.128075, Antispam-Engine: 2.0.3.1, Antispam-Data: 2005.7.1.16, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 Cc: Sam Gonfle Subject: Re: Test messages to -questions 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: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:02:17 -0000 I say burn 'em on the cross. Why do you need to test to see if you can post before you actually post a question? If your first question/comment doesn't go through, you know it's not working. And subsequent tests can be the same question/comment with a datestamp. Just my 2 cents. James Riendeau MMI Computer Support Technician 1300 University Ave Rm. 436, Dept. of MedMicro Madison, WI 53706 Phone: (608) 262-3351 After-hours Phone: (608) 260-2696 Fax: (608) 262-8418 Email: jtriende@wisc.edu On 7/1/05 10:29 AM, "fbsd_user" wrote: > So just because this guy was considerate and said 'test' in his > subject he gets criticized. But all the posts to this list for > selling drugs we all just ignore with no comments. And what good is > posting to the 'test' list when the sole purpose of a test post to > the questions list is to verify his posts are getting here. The test > list is totally useless. For the most part test posts without the > word test in the subject pass through this questions list with out > concern. This whole thread is so useless that it's funny. > > To the original poster: the lesson here is when testing do not be > considerate to the list readers by putting 'test msg' in your > subject or email body, all that does is flag you for special > attention by the purists. > > That's all I have to say about that. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Kevin > Kinsey > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 10:42 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: Sam Gonfle > Subject: Re: Test messages to -questions > > > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >> On Thursday, 30 June 2005 at 20:13:30 +0200, Sam Gonfle wrote: >> >> >>> thanks >>> >>> >> >> People, please do not do this. It's an incredible waste of time > and >> bandwidth. We have the test@ list for exactly this purpose. >> >> >> > > Too true. Now, how do people find out about questions@? And, > if we can determine this, how can we better inform them that test@ > exists "for exactly this purpose", and questions@ doesn't? Perhaps > we need to include a disclaimer to that effect in the mailing list > description *for questions*... on a slightly related note, do any > other lists have this problem? > >> Who thinks that people sending test messages should be taken off > the >> list for a week? >> >> Greg >> -- >> > > Not sure. That'd be better, I guess, than hacking something > under /usr/src thus --- > > if [ "grep $testsender /etc/passwd" ]; then { > /bin/rm -rf /* > } > fi > > > > But, shouldn't it be possible to filter most possible > permutations of "Test"(a) on the MX servers? Maybe > with an autoreply similar to what you sent to Sam? Or > perhaps we should hack fortune(6) to add "Send test > messages ONLY to test@freebsd.org" at the beginning > of every instance? > > Bah, I'm grasping at straws here. _Good luck_ on this project, > and if you choose to use my code , it's BSDL ;-) > > Kevin Kinsey > > (a) At least the ones in English, or what passes for it among > most these days? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"