On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 05:34:11PM +1000, Chris Velevitch wrote: > In addition, it's not the norm. I subscribe to lots of mailing lists > and postgresql.org lists are the only ones that I've seem do that. > > So what's the reasoning behind this choice?
All sorts of reasons. One of the main ones being that list servers are sometimes slow and this delay can harm useful discussions. This way a group can have a useful discussion with quick replies and the list server will catchup sometime later. Fortunatly we have a mailing list manager that allows you to choose which way you want it. Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to > litigate.
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