> I don't think 'fixing' is likely to happen as this discussion happens > frequently. It mostly boils down to the list handling being correct but > some clients seems to behave incorrectly. > > Personally, I'd prefer if the clients handle lists properly.
As would we all. But the truth of the matter is that for this list I'd bet we could find at least 10 different client programs being used, and the chances of getting them all repaired any time soon are the same as M$ open-sourcing windows xp. More importantly, I don't think it is specifically a client issue. I am very careful to look at my to: and cc: values before posting; the to: always reads [email protected] and the cc: only has a targeted individual if I feel that there's relevant information that person needs. That said, I still see many of my posts duplicated on the list, often with a significant time-lapse between the dups (i.e. 30 minutes). Sure, it's one thing to say that the mail list admins want to adhere to the correct standards, but it's quite another to annoy so many of the subscribers as to chase them off, defeating the purpose of having a mailing list at all. We've got folks generating procmail rules and all kinds of other crap just to handle the fact that, under the current configuration, tons of dups are now coming through. I admire the list admins for wanting to adhere to the standards, but at this point in time it is probably too late in the game to do so. Please please please bring back the old mailing list config... -- [email protected] mailing list
