On Wednesday 14 April 2004 7:28 pm, B. van Ouwerkerk wrote:
> > > - cross posting
> > > - questions send to the wrong list
> >
> > I think both of these examples are things which would be improved by
> > having two lists.
>
> Of course not. Do we have cross postings right now? No.
Not literally cross-posted, of course not, but everyone subscribed to this
list sees all the questions about clamav-milter, whether that topic interests
them or not.
If we had two lists then the subscribers to the standard clamav list would see
far fewer (note: not zero, I grant you) postings about milter, because even
if the question gets cross-posted, I would like to think that responders will
reply to the appropriate list and not the inappropriate one. That's what I
meant by the situation being improved. It won't be perfect, but it'll be
better.
> It's not realistic to assume that most newcomers will understand the
> difference, that's why I'm afraid that most ppl will cross-post just the
> same because that will provide the fastest way to get an answer.
I disagree. I think the purpose and focus of the two lists can be perfectly
well explained on the page inviting people to subscribe to them, and as I
said before, even if people do cross-post, that's no worse than we have at
the moment with all the questions going to one list. My opinion is that
cross-posting would not be a noticeable problem. (And if you don't like it,
there's a simple procmail solution - see below.)
> Taking this one step further you could assume to have dedicated lists for
> about every special interest group that has something talking to clamd.
No, I agree with Odhiambo's assertion that the milter is a special case in
this instance, because it's a big enough interest group of its own, it has
its own software development and version numbers, and the problems people
encounter with it are generally quite independent of problems with the main
ClamAV software.
> The few who are really bothered to much could operate the DEL key or use
> procmail to filter it out of their life.
Procmail is much easier if the message headers say it's been cross-posted, so
if that's what you're worried about, there's a solution right there.
Deleting unwanted emails is not as elegant a solution as not subscribing to
the list you're not interested in.
Regards,
Antony.
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