Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 23:03:57 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: Rob <drifter@stratos.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cross Posting... Message-ID: <XFMail.990420230357.jobaldwi@vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990421024315.E38B11505C@hub.freebsd.org>
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On 20-Apr-99 Rob wrote: > This is far fetched. But what about a mailing list system that > stores subscribers in a database, together with the lists they are > subscribed to. That way, when the mailer gets ready to send out mail > to each user, it could compare Message-Ids and only send one copy of > a message (maybe to a preferred list?) > Of course, this could only work on the systems that implement this > idea, and would probably take some more CPU time doing the comparisons > (unless it kept a running table of cross-posted email) > > Does this make any sense? I wonder if it could work. I just saw that we publicly humiliate people who insist on excessive cross-posting after being warned. We'll moderate ourselves. :) > -Rob --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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