Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Jun 1999 20:31:10 -0700 (PDT) | From | Ted Rolle <> | Subject | Re: LINUX |
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<blush> I feel so, so, so, ... foolish. ;->
On 28 Jun 1999, Nat Lanza wrote:
> Ted Rolle <ted@acacia.datacomm.com> writes: > > > Well, it seems to make more sense to have a well-defined place (like the > > start of the subject line rather than have it "in the headers". I like > > precision. Causes less problems downstream. > > It _is_ in a well-defined place. Look at the headers of linux-kernel > messages; you should notice that each one contains the following > header line: > > Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > > How much more precision than that do you need? > > > And the "If your mail client can't sort properly..." is a fatuous > > argument. > > I disagree. There are many mail clients available that can sort > linux-kernel without any problems. Even if you don't want to use one > of them, there are many mail delivery systems that can file mail > before your client ever touches it. > > So, since there are many options that can do the sorting you want > without any modification to the list, why should the list change so > you don't have to? > > If you simply don't want to use a more capable mailreader or mail > system, then I fail to see why everyone else should change. > > Alternately, if you _can't_ use a more capable mailreader or mail > system, then your service provider is providing substandard service. > > > Taken to the other extreme, would it cause insurmountable > > problems to the other "several thousand" on the mailing list? I think > > not. > > Since you haven't really presented any reasons why you absolutely > cannot sort linux-kernel with the current system, I don't think > changing the entire list is justified. > > > --nat > > -- > nat lanza --------------------- research programmer, parallel data lab, cmu scs > magus@cs.cmu.edu -------------------------------- http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~magus/ > there are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths -- alfred north whitehead >
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