On Friday, August 26, 2011 9:29:47 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote: > On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:08:45 +0300, Andrej Mitrovic > <andrej.mitrov...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Mariusz Gliwiński: http://codepad.org/9uZf3E1N >> bearophile: http://codepad.org/j84TLFC8 >> >> It happens 90% of the time when bear replies. > > That doesn't mean it's his fault. > > I think I see the problem: > > 1. Mariusz posts via the mailing-list interface. The original Message ID is > <7480573.bRnhgVsvUV@magdalene>. > 2. The mailing-list interface replaces the Message ID with its own. > 3. Bearophile replies via the newsgroup. His client puts the mailing list's > Message ID in the References header. > > Thus, when you receive Bearophile's post, the message IDs don't match, > because you've received Mariusz' original Message > ID via the list interface. > > It's definitely not Bearophile's fault, his client's fault, and there is > nothing Bearophile can do to prevent it. To fix > it, ask Brad to do something about this (disable Message ID replacement? make the interface do a bidirectional Message > ID mapping in both Message-ID and References headers?), or stop using the > mailing list interface, which is obviously > just a shoddy frontend to the NNTP server.
I don't think the mailing list software is what's at fault. There's _tons_ of people who use it, myself included obviously. If it was a general problem with the list software (mailman, probably the most popular list management software out there), it'd be a lot more prevelant. Try again.
