Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 19:38:29 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re(2): Ahhhhhhhhhh! Message-ID: <199606110238.TAA12469@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <n1377687777.29947@Richard Wackerbarth> from "Richard Wackerbarth" at Jun 10, 96 07:25:05 pm
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Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > > The major complaint is that since you are subscribed to all three lists, you > get 3 or 4 copies of the same message. The solution is to avoid having > yourself subscribed to multiple lists. What you wish to do is subscribe to the > single list that is the set union of the various lists. > > Consider this logical (not actual implementation) scheme. > > There are 8 lists. in this example. there are about 51 FreeBSD mailing lists. 2^51 (hmmm....des is 2^56) allocate 1 byte for each <grin> that's (uhhh 20 is mega, 30 is giga, 40 is tera, 50 is peta!) 2 peta bytes ;)))) now that a little cruel, i must admit, but combinartorial explosion is a marvelous thing. just look at the number of people in the world. all from a little glob of matter that didnt know when to stop evoling ;) stable, current, hackers, questions...thats 16 already. ugh i aint real excited about setting up 32 lists (5 done already) > 1. Just stable > 2. Just current > 4. Just hackers > > 3. stable and current > 5. stable and hackers > 6. current and hackers > > 7. stable, current, and hackers > > 8. None of the above jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/
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