Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 20:20:17 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Cc: fullermd@futuresouth.com, mi@video-collage.com, jkh@hub.freebsd.org, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stopping the bloody cross posting. Message-ID: <199807150320.UAA03812@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <19980715124645.A15083@freebie.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Jul 15, 98 12:46:45 pm"
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Greg Lehey wrote: > > Ah. So that's what you've been doing. > ;) thoes test messages get ugly dont they :) > > we allow 2 lists so that you can move a discussion from > > one list to another. > > > > hopefully this will ease the problems that we have had > > with this issue. > > Well, it should stop the complaining, but it's a workaround, not a > solution. If I have a message that is of interest to, say, > -questions, -hackers, -newbies and -chat, I should be able to send it, > and the message should be delivered to each member of each list *once > only*. That goal should be within reach, at least for people who > aren't also on sublists. You could even handle the sublist case at > the receiver's end: before delivering a message locally, check if he > hasn't already received it. you're absolutely right! wow...first vinum and now this! > > Now that's theory. In practice, of course, none of this stuff exists > (and don't look to me to write it). But that doesn't make it a bad > idea. ohhh....well we still got vinum at least ;) jmb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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