On Jun 13, 2012 8:31 PM, "Stephen J. Turnbull" <step...@xemacs.org> wrote: > > Cameron Simpson writes: > > > This approach has its own problems. Is the proposed list, like many lists, > > restricted to accept posts only from subscribers? If that is the case, > > when someone CCs the VM list, everyone honouring the CC in replies needs > > to be a VM list member if they are not to get annoying bounce > > messages. > > Mailman has a feature called "sibling lists", which seems to include > cross-checking membership on posts, although I'm not sure if it is > tuned to exactly this purpose. > > In any cases, if the proposed list is not a discussion list, it can be > configured not to send bounce messages just because somebody honored > CC. For example, by keying on the Reference and In-Reply-To headers, > and discarding the message if they are present (possible by ordinary > configuration of the spam filters). For bonus points, bounce such > messages when python-dev is not present among the visible addressees. > (Might require a special Handler, but it wouldn't be a big deal to > write it because it can be installed only for the new list.) > > > +1 to this, but how to keep this etiquette maintained? > > A filter on the new list, implemented as above. It's pretty much > trivial for those with the know-how. > > > And (premised on my concern above), do people wanting to CC: the VM list > > for the heads-up purpose need to join it first? > > Probably not, but this is hardly burdensome; many people with the > background to know when to CC: may want to subscribe anyway even if > they are subscribed to python-dev, and traffic should be quite low. > If even so that's a bother, they can set their subscription to no-mail. > > > Conversely, some of this discussion mentions that people don't subscribe > > to python-dev; do they need to subscribe to chime in when the bat signal > > goes off? > > Maybe not: I believe it's possible to post to python-dev via Gmane if > you're not subscribed. Even if they need to be subscribed, there is a > wealth of options, including Gmane and the archives, for reading > traffic without receiving it as mail (ie, by subscribing and then > setting the no-mail flag). > > > Hackish idea: suppose there were a special purpose mail forwarder, > > like a write-only mailing list? It would require special Mailman > > hackery, > > Not that special. >
Can someone create python-dev-meta?
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