From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 1 07:33:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA20393 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 Mar 1996 07:33:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA20385 Fri, 1 Mar 1996 07:33:07 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199603011533.HAA20385@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Eliminating Duplicate Postings To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 07:33:06 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Richard Wackerbarth" at Mar 1, 96 07:08:47 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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.