On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:57:54 +0100, Lars Hallberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joshua Layne skrev: >> Hi all, >> I am subscribed to several of the openmoko lists. When someone copies >> multiple lists on a message, I get all the copies (usually 3 for some >> reason). Worse, when anyone replies to the initial mail, they reply all >> and I get another full set of mails. >> >> I realize that there are valid reasons for crossposting some of the > content >> (particularly by core devs). Could I request the following? >> >> Send one email to each list (instead of copying all lists on a single >> email) > > That's a bad idea for two reasons: > > 1) If the message was appropriate for cross posting, so is the > discussion. Else we get a fragmented discussion repeating the same > points in all lists, making thing worse for people reading all lists. >
ok, I didn't think that all the way through. I agree. > 2) If it is the same mail it is trivial for mail software to detect > duplicates and remove them. If its different mail the problem get much > harder to handle technically. 'trivial' might be a tad strong here :) I, for example, have no idea how to do this with exim4 - I have no doubt it is possible though. I'll see what my brain extender (aka google) turns up. The first rebuttal was reason enough - I withdraw the 'rfc'. thanks for the comments. Josh _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community