From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jul 14 20:29:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA04834 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 20:29:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pobox.com (jaresh-67.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.81.195]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA04827 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 20:29:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hamilton@pobox.com) Message-Id: <199807150329.UAA04827@hub.freebsd.org> Received: (qmail 23275 invoked from network); 14 Jul 1998 22:31:25 -0500 Received: from localhost (HELO pobox.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 14 Jul 1998 22:31:25 -0500 To: Greg Lehey cc: "Jonathan M. Bresler" , fullermd@futuresouth.com, mi@video-collage.com, "Jordan K. Hubbard" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stopping the bloody cross posting. In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:46:45 +0930." <19980715124645.A15083@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 22:31:24 -0500 From: Jon Hamilton Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <19980715124645.A15083@freebie.lemis.com>, Greg Lehey wrote: } On Tuesday, 14 July 1998 at 20:11:25 -0700, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: } > we allow 2 lists so that you can move a discussion from } > one list to another. } > } > hopefully this will ease the problems that we have had } > with this issue. } } Well, it should stop the complaining, but it's a workaround, not a } solution. If I have a message that is of interest to, say, } -questions, -hackers, -newbies and -chat, I should be able to send it, } and the message should be delivered to each member of each list *once } only*. That goal should be within reach, at least for people who } aren't also on sublists. You could even handle the sublist case at } the receiver's end: before delivering a message locally, check if he } hasn't already received it. It's not clear that the "once only" part is universally desirable. It may be a good default, but there are no doubt people out there who will want one copy for each list. You're trying to solve a social behavior problem with technology, and are doomed to fail (or at least to have less than 100% success). -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message