On 02/03/11 11:59, Chris Jones wrote: > On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 04:10:01AM EST, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Lu, 28 feb 11, 22:47:17, Chris Jones wrote: > >>> So what do I do..? recommend we continue our heated discussion on >>> the OT mailing list..? too bad.. she's not subscribed to D-OT .. and >>> given the circumstances and our disagreement.. no way she's going to >>> go through all the trouble of subscribing.. >> >> 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. > > 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..? > > cj > > </cloak>(sigh) Which I guess means we'll have to rely upon the good nature and judgement of others to preface their subject lines with [OT] when they want to chat about "my favourite desktop distro" and "yet another survey". At least then I/we can use filters to move those posts (and any containing the word Ubuntu) to another mail folder.
I know - those poster do use debian, or kind-of, but at least that would/will allow those that subscribe to read about the use of debian more signal-noise. It also makes searching personal archives of debian-user for answers more relevant. <cloak> Cheers --- Don't confuse lack of enthusiasm for an OT list for enthusiastic support of OT posts -- 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/4d6e1243.7060...@gmail.com
