> -----Original Message----- > From: Ira Abramov > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > lshell.com > ] > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 1:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Reply to list vs. no - suggeted solution to accomodate > everyo ne > > > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED], from the post of Tue, 18 Feb: > > I'm not familiar with previous instances of this > discussion, I just know > > I'm very annoyed from having to keep editing the "to" field > every time I > > reply to this list. > > so was I until I switched from pine to mutt :)
Currently I read it on Outlook at work (tried to forward back to home but things got weared). > > > > > Why are there three addresses for this list? > > historical reasons. the list was on huji since the dawn of time, we > added a linux.org.il domain and server and when I offered to move the > list to it there were lots of opinions for and against. part > were based > on the iresponsivness of the list admin at huji (who was it > back then?) > and part on the "if it's not broken don't fix it" ideal. the > outcome was > that we set up an alias under linux.org.il so everyone is happy. > > then came a time for the server to move. YBA and I had a > communications > problem, since the server changed IP and for 3 weeks the DNS didn't > follow up, and so mail @linux.org.il bounced and there was much > confusion (because people moved to use the list address there). I > finally solved it by buying iglu.org.il, which I use in my mailings, > which is also an alias to the huji address. YBA later > re-pointed the MX > record and we ended up with the three faces of Eve. It is > interesting to > note you are not the only one who gets confused, so does > mailarchive.org, mail getting to the list from different posters is > archived as three seperate lists over there which is the sillyest and > oddest thing (and the list-of-all-lists page doesn't reflect > that, oddly > enough). > > solutions: > > 1. I drop all aliases from iglu.org.il and linux.org.il and all are > forced to use huji > > 2. I get the list of subscribers from Ely Levy, we set it up > on the iglu > server, we can proudly say the list finally runs on a > Gnu/Linux server, > and we'll have digests to save people reading all this junk in small > packets :) > > 3. situation stays as it is, because nothing is really broken :) I'd vote for (2), though I like the linux.org.il domain better. So people (I think including myself, not even sure where I'm subscribed through) will have to update their address book once, not such a big hassle. This spaghetti should better be stopped before it gets worse. --Amos ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
