From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 11 19:37:57 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B11D16A402 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:37:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out3.apple.com (mail-out3.apple.com [17.254.13.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3949E13C457 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:37:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay7.apple.com (relay7.apple.com [17.128.113.37]) by mail-out3.apple.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l3BJbv3g026227; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:37:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay7.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay7.apple.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id E34EE3007E; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:37:56 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 11807125-aee62bb00000538d-51-461d39147474 Received: from [17.214.13.96] (cswiger1.apple.com [17.214.13.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay7.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id C9F0930077; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:37:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <998445.85706.qm@web58109.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <998445.85706.qm@web58109.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <27891BBC-15DE-4386-A6D0-2C1DE89A18E3@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:37:55 -0700 To: L Goodwin X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proper list server? (was Re: Automatic means for spinning down disks available?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:37:57 -0000 Hi, L-- On Apr 11, 2007, at 12:14 PM, L Goodwin wrote: > 1) I get all email posted to freebsd-questions in my inbox > (actually, some end up in "bulk mail" folder). That's a lot of mail > to wade through. I'm trying to get a system up and running so I can > move on to the next task. I suppose I could set up some email > filtering rules to limit what comes in. You can follow the link to Mailman at the bottom of every list message, log in using your email addr (boink on the button to have it send you your password, if you don't remember it), and change your delivery preference to digest mode or even disable delivery entirely: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions In addition, Mailman sets the List-ID header recommended by the RFCs, which means you can easily filter email from the list to another mailbox, via procmail or your mail client's native filtering. > 2) To reply to an email, I have to copy/paste "freebsd- > questions@freebsd.org" into the "To" field. If I forget to do this, > my reply gets send to the sender only. > See? I almost forgot to do it for this reply. :-} Most mail clients have both a "reply" and "reply to all" capability; the local convention on the FreeBSD mailing lists is to use reply-to- all, perhaps unless you know that the other person is subscribed. > One feature I like about (some) list servers is the ability to send > a private message to another member. This comes in handy when one > person is helping troubleshoot a problem, and you don't need > everybody on the list to get involved. Nothing stops you from sending private email to someone else directly, but normally you want to CC: the list so that everyone can benefit from the advice or suggestions being made. Taking a thread to private email tends to be done more when you need to discuss private config files which contain passwords or some such... -- -Chuck