On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:28:21 -0700 Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 21:22:09 -0500 > "Brett I. Holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > mailboxes filling up and bouncing back so we'll mess up the reply to > > headers! > > This is much the same as the emacs vs. anything else wars, etc. > > OTOH, it's not such a lame excuse when the admin for the list finds his > bandwidth consumed by idiots whose mailboxes fill while on vacation and > the bounce messages get propagated to all users including the lamebrain > thus resulting in a lot of grief. Maybe, but I have to wonder when 99.98% of the lists seem to handle it with no problems and have for years. > Regardless of your feelings, you will not be able to persuade the admins > who have made this choice. Such discussion changes usually end with a > word from the admin - "end of discussion." I have no illusions about convincing them. > I'm just thankful that Sylpheed can usually do the right thing, although > I do find the occasional list mail that has "strange" headers such that > even Sylpheed can't sleuth out the list reply address! Like Kmail <G>. Yes, I'm glad Slypheed does it right. I went to it because I want to get away from KDE (I stopped at 2.2.1) and with this new box and Gentoo I had the opportunity. So far I like Sylpheed (I'm using Claws) very much. > -- > Collins Richey - Denver Area > gentoo 1.4 system _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
