Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 07:33:06 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Eliminating Duplicate Postings Message-ID: <199603011533.HAA20385@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <n1386457336.73376@Richard Wackerbarth> from "Richard Wackerbarth" at Mar 1, 96 07:08:47 am
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Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > > Would it be feasable to put a filter in the e-mail lists that reviews the TO: > and CC: lines. If it finds a message directed to two lists, it selects one and > eliminates the other. Thus, for example, mail to "jordan" and "current" and > "hackers" would go only to "current", deleting the duplication. > The rule base would have to be a little more complicated. Mail to x, cc to y > might be a little harder to justify sending only to y when both x and y are > lists. > > Alternately, might it be possible, but more complicated, to do something > similar by detecting duplicate messages. You can apply a cannonical filter to > recognize that a message will be received by a higher priority list. > The highest priority list would send one copy to everyone on any of the lists > referenced. possible yes. i could keep a list of msg-ids. i could trim To: and Cc: lines. please could mail to each list separately. self-control is the solution. kinda like the answer to good manners i am not sure that mechanized control is the answer. i have some strong doubts.
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