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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
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Subject: Re: Stopping the bloody cross posting.
In-Reply-To: <19980715124645.A15083@freebie.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Jul 15, 98 12:46:45 pm"
To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 20:20:17 -0700 (PDT)
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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

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