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.
>
>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.
>
>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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