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Date:      05 Sep 1998 13:13:17 +0200
From:      dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= )
To:        Yoav Cohen-Sivan <ycs@netvision.net.il>
Cc:        eivind@yes.no, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Better SNR suggestion for the mailing lists
Message-ID:  <xzp90jydd82.fsf@bilskirnir.ifi.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Yoav Cohen-Sivan's message of "Fri, 04 Sep 1998 01:50:00 %2B0300"
References:  <35EF0C6D.C3ACAD5F@netvision.net.il> <xzpbtowsvjl.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> <19980904002302.28650@follo.net> <35EF1D18.FF4A06B3@netvision.net.il>

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Yoav Cohen-Sivan <ycs@netvision.net.il> writes:
> I have no idea how feasible #2 is, it sure sounds like a load on the
> mailing list server. It seems to me #1 is ideal. Out of curiosity, why
> would someone consciously subscribe from an address he doesn't use? Do
> you use aaa@bbb to post, but read from ccc@ddd? How many people do this
> routinely?

I do it a lot. One reason is that I can sort my mail according to the
recipient address (everything is forwarded to one account). Another
reason is that different mail addresses convey different messages
(<dag-erli@ifi.uio.no> is a student, but <dagsm@hypnotech.no> is a
developer and consultant, and <des@freebsd.org> is a FreeBSD
committer)

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no

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