On Aug 22, 2011, at 7:25 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > And why should we accept newsgroup posts the same as posts from subscribers > to this list? This list is not a newsgroup, but the gmane newsgroup creates > the effect of subscribers without they're being subscribed here. > > Why should we be interested in that? Especially with those mangled subject > lines.
The mangled subject lines are a trouble, but excluding people who are on nabble, gmane and other forum like aggregators would be bad for the community. Regards, Dave > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Gusaas [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 19:09 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [What?] Why and How did this reach my inbox? > > On 2011-08-22 7:45 PM Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: >> So we get two copies any time someone uses that news reader to make a reply? > Only if the poster uses reply-all instead of only sending a reply to the > gmane newgroup like I > am doing. > >> Can we block the ones that come from the news group and only accept the >> direct ones? > If you blocked the news group posts from people post properly through the > newgroup only would > not make it to the list. > > > _________________________________ > Larry I. Gusaas > Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada > Website: http://larry-gusaas.com > "An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." > - Edgard Varese > >
