Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 17:47:53 -0500 From: Gary Corcoran <garycorc@mail.idt.net> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Posting to multiple lists Message-ID: <32BC6919.9EA@mail.idt.net> References: <26830.851197722@time.cdrom.com>
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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > I fully second your reply. However, if it is really possible to do > > what the poster says (configure majordomo not to send duplicate > > emails for different mail lists) that is something that would be > > useful anyways. > > I'm not sure how it could, unless it always just chose the first > mailing list as the "target" and then somehow registered this fact > so that a reject would occur for any other mailing lists the user > tried to post it to. > I don't know if it's _practical_ to do this, but sure, send it to the first mailing list a recipient is on. Then, when traversing through the next mail list, if a particular recipient has already been "tagged", don't send another copy of the email. This *would* be a useful feature, both for the poster of the mail (who isn't sure which list should get the mail, or who thinks it may legitimately cover several lists), and obviously for the subscribers, who won't get the emailboxes clogged with duplicates... [sorry, I don't know Perl, which I believe majordomo is written in?] Gary
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