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On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:41:19AM -0500, MichaelQuigley@TheWay.Org wrote:
> I believe Doug's reference to MAILMAN settings is suggesting that you log
> into the mailing list manager
> (http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/options/gnupg-users) Once you get in and
> edit your settings, the last setting is titled "Avoid duplicate copies of
> messages?" If you change this setting to "Yes", the list won't send you a
> copy of messages to which you are explicitly addressed ("To:" or "CC:").

The problem is that unlike regular list messages, the dupes don't come
with the list headers, which makes sorting them based on the list
headers problematic.

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On Monday 30 January 2012 at 7:06:43 PM, in
<mid:20120130190643.GB184889@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx>, brian m.
carlson wrote:


> The problem is that unlike regular list messages, the
> dupes don't come with the list headers, which makes
> sorting them based on the list headers problematic.

The group's email address gnupg-users@gnupg.org usually appears in the
To: or CC: field of the duplicate message. Why not filter/sort on
that and catch most of them?

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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:23:25PM +0000, MFPA wrote:
> On Monday 30 January 2012 at 7:06:43 PM, in
> <mid:20120130190643.GB184889@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx>, brian m.
> carlson wrote:
> > The problem is that unlike regular list messages, the
> > dupes don't come with the list headers, which makes
> > sorting them based on the list headers problematic.
>
> The group's email address gnupg-users@gnupg.org usually appears in the
> To: or CC: field of the duplicate message. Why not filter/sort on
> that and catch most of them?

Because that means that instead of using one procmail rule to autosort
all mailing lists I have to write one for every list I might subscribe
to. This is error-prone and defeats the purpose of using a generic tool
to do repetitive tasks easily. Most mailing lists have a List-ID header
for this purpose. Majordomo lists use a different convention which is
also easily sorted on.

Also, when I'm subscribed to a mailing list, I expect people to post
their replies to the list unless there's a personal reply that is not
appropriate for the list. For lists that require subscriptions, that
means that it's guaranteed that everybody will get a copy, which is the
point of a mailing list. Why intentionally send me an extra? Who wants
two copies of an email?

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brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US
+1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only
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