On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 06:48:47AM EST, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Ma, 01 mar 11, 19:59:25, Chris Jones wrote:
> > > That shouldn't be a problem, the list is setup as close as > > > possible[1] to debian-user: posting open, no reply-to munging, > > > etc. so all you would need to do to move a discussion is > > > reply-to-all and replace d-u with d-OT. > > > > Well, I did just that about two hours ago.. hit ‘g’ reply-to-group, > > which is the closest to reply-all I could find.. and changed d-u to > > d-ot.. and all I got was something in my inbox to the effect that my > > message was undeliverable.. So depending on your mailer, I'm > > skeptical things are that simple. > > My cristal ball says you have a mutt alias or hook that fills in the > correct address for you (or something like that), but it doesn't work > for d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org (don't forget the > 'alioth' part). I know that Andrei.. and I know how to fix it and make it work.. but do many people even bother adding [OT] to the subject.. or even as I usually do myself, have the sense to drop the issue when they feel they have abused the less tolerant subscribers' patience enough already..? > > In any case.. even if the above had worked.. it would only have > > posted my particular post to d-OT.. what about the previous OT > > messages that were initially posted to D-U and would be essential > > :-) to anyone catching up understanding what I am talking about..? > > And how does it guarantee that whoever takes a fancy to the OT > > thread while reading debian-user would post to debian-OT.. rather > > than follow the simplest course of action and post to debian-user..? > And to my initial instructions, you might want to leave d-u in for the > *first* post[1], so that people from d-u who are interested know that > the discussion was moved[2]. I don't know.. in most cases, you might as well move the conversation off-list.. and use reply-to-all if there are more than one other party involved.. Are OT threads of such interest that they should remain public so others get a chance to join in..? Are they worth archiving in a public repos for posterity? > [1] please do set Reply-To: and/or Mail-Followup-to: to > d-community-offtopic@l.a.d.o in such cases > > [2] one can argue that this is not necessary or even harmful for d-u, > since people interested in OT discussions would already be subscribed > to d-OT, but on the other hand it might help to point out to other > posters in the thread to stop posting to d-u in other sub-threads. I guess I'll have to give it a try... a bit more seriously this time. cj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110302123435.GB8749@pavo.local
