Re: Fwd: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Craig Ringer
On 22/11/10 07:40, Elliot Chance wrote: > It does surprise me a bit that when I (or someone else) signs up to a mailing > list (not postgres specifically) that there is no fine print or agreement > that says something along the lines of "Your email address will be plastered > all over the inter

Re: Fwd: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread David Fetter
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:40:34AM +1100, Elliot Chance wrote: > It does surprise me a bit that when I (or someone else) signs up to > a mailing list (not postgres specifically) that there is no fine > print or agreement that says something along the lines of "Your > email address will be plastered

Re: Fwd: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 10:40 +1100, Elliot Chance wrote: > > I would argue that if the person wants to use a forum, aren't they > > saying they don't want to be contacted via email. I think we just throw > > it only to the forum (that is the user) and leave it that. Forum users > > don't get the

Fwd: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Elliot Chance
On 21/11/2010, at 2:59 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Magnus Hagander wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 14:46, Elliot Chance wrote: > for...@postgresql.com.au is pointed to a black hole so that email > disappears but the mailing list gets another copy. When the mailing list > gets its c

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 21 Nov 2010, at 16:16, Trevor Talbot wrote: >> I do see a difficulty here; if the forum software is only subscribed with >> one e-mail address, how is it going to distinguish between a reply-all and a >> private reply? >> Maybe it would help to subscribe it using two or three addresses, so tha

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Tom Lane
Alban Hertroys writes: > I'm not one of the people who've been communicating off-list about this with > him, so I may be wrong, but to my understanding what Magnus wants (the > requirement, not a solution to it) is this: > - Person A is on the forums and sends a message that ends up on the ML (

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 18:12, Tom Lane wrote: > Alban Hertroys writes: >> I'm not one of the people who've been communicating off-list about this with >> him, so I may be wrong, but to my understanding what Magnus wants (the >> requirement, not a solution to it) is this: > >> - Person A is on

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Stuart McGraw
On 11/21/2010 06:04 AM, Alban Hertroys wrote: > On 21 Nov 2010, at 24:17, Trevor Talbot wrote: > >>> I can't explain it any clearer, your email response goes to the mailing >>> list and that mailing list sends a copy to the original person thats how a >>> mailing list works. It also sends a copy

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Trevor Talbot
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 05:04, Alban Hertroys wrote: > On 21 Nov 2010, at 24:17, Trevor Talbot wrote: >> Elliot, Magnus wants forum->list email to come from a per-user address >> so that when he replies directly to that address (without sending it >> to the list), the response is mapped to a PM.

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 21 Nov 2010, at 24:17, Trevor Talbot wrote: >> I can't explain it any clearer, your email response goes to the mailing list >> and that mailing list sends a copy to the original person thats how a >> mailing list works. It also sends a copy to the forum which is parses you >> and that person

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-20 Thread Michael Glaesemann
On Nov 20, 2010, at 8:22 , Elliot Chance wrote: > One very annoying thing about Apple Mail with these lists is that when I hit > reply if I don't change the To address to the mailing list or manually add > the Cc then it doesn't even get sent to the mailing list. Use Reply to All: Cmd-Shift-R.

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-20 Thread Trevor Talbot
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 05:46, Elliot Chance wrote: > On 21/11/2010, at 12:32 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 14:22, Elliot Chance wrote: >> Use "Reply To All" when you want to send to the list. It's what >> everybody else has been doing for ages :-) If you want to read u

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 14:46, Elliot Chance wrote: > >>> for...@postgresql.com.au is pointed to a black hole so that email > >>> disappears but the mailing list gets another copy. When the mailing list > >>> gets its copy it sends a copy to the forum (because the forum

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-20 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 14:46, Elliot Chance wrote: >>> for...@postgresql.com.au is pointed to a black hole so that email >>> disappears but the mailing list gets another copy. When the mailing list >>> gets its copy it sends a copy to the forum (because the forum is just like >>> a subscribed

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-20 Thread Elliot Chance
Using the reply to all, thanks. On 21/11/2010, at 12:32 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 14:22, Elliot Chance wrote: >> >> On 20/11/2010, at 11:52 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:26, Elliot Chance wrote: On 20/11/2010, at 9:52 PM, Ma

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-20 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 14:22, Elliot Chance wrote: > > On 20/11/2010, at 11:52 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > >> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:26, Elliot Chance wrote: >>> >>> On 20/11/2010, at 9:52 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote: >>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 02:57, Elliot Chance wrote: > >

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-20 Thread Elliot Chance
On 20/11/2010, at 11:52 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:26, Elliot Chance wrote: >> >> On 20/11/2010, at 9:52 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 02:57, Elliot Chance wrote: On 20/11/2010, at 3:58 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: I