Sun, 15 Oct 1995 22:17:02 EDT
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On Sun, 15 Oct 1995 21:16:36 EDT Roger Fajman said:
>> I'm not sure that this is desirable. For one thing, it isn't consistent:
>> the results would depend on whether the lists are on the same server or
>> not. The subscriber could have a filter to log the mail in various
>> folders based on which list it comes from, and in that case one of the
>> two folders would be selected randomly to receive the message, and it
>> wouldn't be in the others. Again, while this saves disk space, it isn't
>> very consistent. It isn't even consistent with news where, while there is
>> only one copy of the message, it will be shown in both newsgroups. With a
>> mail interface this will not be the case.
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>I'm subscribed to a lot more lists on our own server than any other and
>there is a fair amount of cross posting, so it would help quite a bit
>in a common case here.
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>With regard to the filtering, the headers should mention both lists.
>Wouldn't that take care of it?
And, what happens if I am subscribed to 2 lists with different
options (such as NOMAIL/MAIL or DIGEST or such things as yet to be
invented)?
What if it is sent to two lists, but I want to follow-up to one list?
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