Re: [Exim] Planning for Exim 4 - Revised Document

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Συντάκτης: Yann Golanski
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Προς: Nigel Metheringham
Υ/ο: Philip Hazel, exim-users
Αντικείμενο: Re: [Exim] Planning for Exim 4 - Revised Document
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 01:47:21PM +0000, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> ph10@??? said:
> > So it should help to keep down traffic on this list.
>
> Which reminded me, I had been wondering whether there would be an 
> advantage to adding an exim-development list and making the lists a tad 
> more focused... however there are disadvantages with this:-
>   - it almost never works - stuff is either cross-posted or sent to
>     the "wrong" list
>   - theres a risk that you get a newbies list, which everyone leaves
>     as soon as possible because it just churns the same problems
>     over and over, and a development list, which is where the newbies
>     go to ask questions because it should have more clue :-)


In my experience this is what happens and you create a whole new `this
is the wrong list' messages whcih ignites flames war...

> Anyhow, I'd appreciate comments - especially as this is a high volume
> list, and for some people a digested development list could be very
> useful.


kernel-list is doing some digest of the best posts once a week. Maybe
something of that kind would be better? And, before someone volonteers
me, I don't have the time ;>

Serously, I don't think it's a problem. Many MUA (such as mutt) allow
you to do threading of messages and thus if you don't like a thread,
delete it.

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