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Date:      Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:31:44 -0500
From:      Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
To:        Brian <bri@brianwhalen.net>
Cc:        "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@highperformance.net>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mailing lists
Message-ID:  <476293D0.3090407@langille.org>
In-Reply-To: <476220AA.5010603@brianwhalen.net>
References:  <4761E8AD.4080000@brianwhalen.net>	<20071213194324.E7985@wonkity.com>	<4761F7C5.1060605@brianwhalen.net>	<20071213214449.P8646@wonkity.com>	<20071213220036.K8646@wonkity.com>	<47621CE8.2000807@highperformance.net> <476220AA.5010603@brianwhalen.net>

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Brian wrote:
> Jason C. Wells wrote:
>>  On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Brian wrote:
>>
>>> The fact that each mailing list exists as list@freebsd.org and 
>>> freebsd-list@freebsd.org makes me need to make 2 filters for each 
>>> list I subscribe to.  Can I suggest that if this is going to 
>>> continue, that the server shows one format for all the messages that 
>>> go out?
>>
>> Filter on the Sender header.  That is controlled by the list manager 
>> and doesn't have duplicate names.  For -questions, the Sender is 
>> owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org.
>>

> This is just the kind of thing we should avoid, we're choosing to make 
> the more difficult on user route because???

I filter on sender. Have done so for years.  No problem at all.

As for difficult, I understand the list alias exists to make things 
EASIER for users.  They can use either list name.

If this is the biggest problem in your life, consider yourself 
fortunate.  :)

-- 
Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/
BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference: http://www.bsdcan.org/



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