Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 14:54:03 -0700 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop dead, suggestions? Message-ID: <200605171454.03315.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060517.131318.78779840.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <200605151710.39858.mistry.7@osu.edu> <446940C9.7040404@rcn.com> <20060517.131318.78779840.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Wednesday 17 May 2006 12:13, Warner Losh wrote: > > 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. kmail. kmail doesn't provide the "clicky button" that I want. -- John Baldwin
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