Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 13:13:18 -0600 (MDT) From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: gcorcoran@rcn.com Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop dead, suggestions? Message-ID: <20060517.131318.78779840.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <446940C9.7040404@rcn.com> References: <200605151710.39858.mistry.7@osu.edu> <44693597.1090007@pacific.net.sg> <446940C9.7040404@rcn.com>
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> Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > What are the tricks I missed? > > > Why, WHY, oh *WHY*, do people change a post to the 'freebsd-foo' mailing list > into _double_ posts to both 'freebsd-foo@freebsd' and 'foo@freebsd', which > are the same thing ??? Warner's original post did not post to both names, > so somebody who replied must've started the replication. This happens so > often it is annoying, and I finally decided to complain so that maybe people > will stop this practice. (and it doesn't help when the 'old-timers' on these > lists, who should know better, blindly reply-all and keep up the replicated > messages... ;-) ) there are some mail readers that are stupid that don't provide a nice clicky button to turn off their braindamanged behavior. They grab the X-Mail-List header, and use that in coming up with their reply. Once the messages are inserted into the list, others reply and compound the problem. I think Mutt was mentioned as being the problem. It is a well known problem, but the technical solution is kinda hard. Especially since the authors of the mail software are being difficult and not providing an override for this brain-damanged and wrong behavior. Warner
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