Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:18:34 -0800 | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 tip/core/locking 0/4] Memory-barrier documentation updates |
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On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 01:05:24PM -0500, David Miller wrote: > From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> > Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 08:51:46 -0500 > > > I wish vger wouldn't do that. I wonder how much spam is really flagged > > by this one characteristic alone. That is, spam that would have made it > > otherwise, but because of the Cc list, it was rejected. > > 10 to 20 spam posts per day are prevented by this rule. > > And frankly it's totally rediculous to have such a huge CC: list > in the first place, even if the vger spam filter didn't exist. > > If you CC: something to netdev, it's going to reach me, you don't need > to CC: me. If just makes for a dup that I have to delete in my inbox, > so you're actually making more work for me in the end. > > That's just one example.
Hello, David,
The situation that leads me to use a large CC list is when I am doing something that affects all architectures. I could imagine keeping a smallish CC list, then forwarding or bouncing the email to the remaining maintainers Would that work reasonably, or is there some better approach?
Thanx, Paul
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