> [...]
I will ask you how much you are willing to talk to a person who
basically interrupts, says they aren't really interested in the general
conversation, so isn't really listening, but if you go out of your way
to answer in a special way they will hear you. (Which is one way to
describe wha
Except then you run into ethical issues and possible legal violations of
emailing people who have not opted-n to receive the email.
This is becoming tiresome...
When you e-mail or subscribe to a mailing list, you are opting in to receive e-mail. If you participate in a topic/subject/thread,
Hello R. Diez. On Fri, 1 Feb 2019 09:30:54 +0100, you wrote:
> Other systems can do it. I understand that you do not want to
> implement it yourself in Mailman, but why oppose the idea?
Then use these "other systems", please.
Or try to implement the solution suggested by tlhackque in his/her m
On 2/1/2019 3:30 AM, R. Diez via Mailman-Users wrote:
This is becoming tiresome...
Indeed. Except I'd substitute the second-person pronoun for the third...
Mailman has a long page with settings like digest mode, stop delivery
(holiday mode), and many, many more. Other communication platform
On 2/1/19 3:14 AM, R. Diez wrote:
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> > [...]
>> I will ask you how much you are willing to talk to a person who
>> basically interrupts, says they aren't really interested in the general
>> conversation, so isn't really listening, but if you go out of your way
>> to answer in a special way they wi
Perhaps I'm being a bit over dramatic, but it does, in my mind, describe
what you seem to be doing, You come in and say that the list software
isn't working the way you would prefer, but for this conversation,
everyone else needs to change how they use the list so you can
> [...]
You are bein
I've been using Mailman on Debian for over a decade on dozens of projects.
I've never contributed any code. I've never said a word. I just want to
thank the team for spending thousands of hours creating a free program that
does such an impressive job.Thank you!~Vince
Vincent F. Heus
On 2/1/19 12:30 AM, R. Diez via Mailman-Users wrote:
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>
> Other systems can do it. I understand that you do not want to implement
> it yourself in Mailman, but why oppose the idea?
Mailman 2.1 is basically on life support and will not implement
significant new features.
The HyperKitty archive
To analogize the entire thread-
Mailman is a high quality precision-ground Phillips screwdriver, but it does
not work on square-drive (Robertson) screws nor open paint cans. The OP is
asking that it be modified so that it does; the developers and other users
are discussing why this is not a
On 2/1/19 5:36 AM, R. Diez via Mailman-Users wrote:
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>> [...]
>> 'Mostly work' is often a problem. Computers need precise procedures, and
>> people tend to expect that they do things right.
>
> No need to be so strict.
Easy to say if you're not the one who has to deal with the bug reports.
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On 02/01/2019 01:14 AM, R. Diez via Mailman-Users wrote:
Of course there is the concept of 'Topic' in a mailing list. Mailman,
the web interface, or whatever, does know how to group topics together.
That is an obvious feature, because people tend to work/participate in
threads.
I believe that
On 2/1/19 4:44 PM, Grant Taylor via Mailman-Users wrote:
> On 02/01/2019 01:14 AM, R. Diez via Mailman-Users wrote:
>> Of course there is the concept of 'Topic' in a mailing list. Mailman,
>> the web interface, or whatever, does know how to group topics
>> together. That is an obvious feature, beca
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