Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-10 Thread David Guntner
Bob Proulx grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > David Guntner wrote: >> Brian grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Would it be possible to also pipe outgoing mail through procmail or similar, on its way to the MTA/SMTP server? >>> ... >>> There is a Debian package of proxsmtp. This program can proxy

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-10 Thread Bob Proulx
David Guntner wrote: > Brian grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > > Would it be possible to also pipe outgoing mail through procmail or > > > similar, on its way to the MTA/SMTP server? > > ... > > There is a Debian package of proxsmtp. This program can proxy mail to a > > local or remote MTA. More to

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-10 Thread David Guntner
Brian grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Sun 10 Mar 2013 at 15:00:29 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > >> Would it be possible to also pipe outgoing mail through procmail or >> similar, on its way to the MTA/SMTP server? > > When I initially looked at this I thought "maybe", but it did not seem > p

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-10 Thread Brian
On Sun 10 Mar 2013 at 00:37:59 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > > Cool :) > > > > Thanks for sharing. Appreciated. > > +1. I also think that is pretty cool. Since Message-Id is one of the > few that would be passed through. However many clients do not do > this. I hav

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-10 Thread Brian
On Sun 10 Mar 2013 at 15:00:29 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Would it be possible to also pipe outgoing mail through procmail or > similar, on its way to the MTA/SMTP server? When I initially looked at this I thought "maybe", but it did not seem particularly friendly to do. More to the point, I

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-09 Thread Bob Proulx
Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Brian wrote: > > Fortunately, Mutt users have the opportunity to take advantage of its > > ability to construct a custom Message-ID: header for a mail sent to > > debian-user. Like so: > > > > send-hook . 'unmy_hdr Message-ID:' > > send-hook 'debian-user@lists\.debian\.org'

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-09 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 3/10/13, Brian wrote: > On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 23:19:06 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > >> But I am a pedantic sort and so must say that every message does have > > To continue with the pedantry :) and to return to the issue raised in > this subthread, a CC is not a duplicate of a list mail. Put them

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-09 Thread Brian
On Fri 08 Mar 2013 at 23:19:06 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > But I am a pedantic sort and so must say that every message does have To continue with the pedantry :) and to return to the issue raised in this subthread, a CC is not a duplicate of a list mail. Put them side by side and the difference is

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Lisi Reisz wrote: > In case anyone wishes to point out to Bob that this information is > on the end of every email, it was not at the end of Bob's email, so > give him the benefit of the doubt and spare him - please? I know what you meant and I agree. Confusingly there are also two Bobs in that t

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 08 March 2013 16:40:50 Robert McKittrick wrote: > Somehow, I got on the debian help list. Pleas get me (mckitt1...@gmail.com) > off. I think my problems were due to bad sectors on my hard drive. I will > try again when I get a new one. I have the debian 1-8 i386 iso's burned to > dvds. W

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-08 Thread Robert McKittrick
Somehow, I got on the debian help list. Pleas get me (mckitt1...@gmail.com) off. I think my problems were due to bad sectors on my hard drive. I will try again when I get a new one. I have the debian 1-8 i386 iso's burned to dvds. best of luck bob On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Bob Proulx wrote

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-03 Thread Bob Proulx
David Guntner wrote: > Bob Proulx grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > For one I use the mailing list headers List-Id and List-Post. Those > > are the standard headers and those are the best ones to use for filing > > mailing list messages. Smart MUAs use those to know how to do a > > list-reply. T

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-02 Thread David Guntner
Richard Hector grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On 03/03/13 10:30, David Guntner wrote: >> I've worked at places where the attitude of management was along the >> lines of, "If you're going to come to me with a complaint about the way >> something is being done, provide a possible solution. Otherwi

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-02 Thread Richard Hector
On 03/03/13 10:30, David Guntner wrote: > Actually, I am seeking no such thing. What I *am* saying, however, is > that if you (again, in the general sense, not necessarily specifically > you) are going to come at someone with a "that solution is no good for > reason X," then it's only polite to p

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-02 Thread David Guntner
Brian grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Sat 02 Mar 2013 at 09:20:14 -0800, David Guntner wrote: > >> Brian grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >> >> And face it, the scenario you describe above is not one I (or a number >> of other people) are likely to run into all that often. Possible, sure. >> Prob

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-02 Thread Brian
On Sat 02 Mar 2013 at 09:20:14 -0800, David Guntner wrote: > Brian grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > > > "Be strict in what you send and generous in what you receive" is still a > > good maxim to follow. > > I agree. And when I'm setting up a mail *server* (which typically > services the needs

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-02 Thread David Guntner
Brian grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Fri 01 Mar 2013 at 00:35:35 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > >> David Guntner wrote: >>> Anyway, the recipe is dirt simple. >>> ... >>> # Duplicate Suppression. >>> :0Whc: $MAILDIR/.msgid.cache.lock >>> | $FORMAIL -D 8192 $MAILDIR/.msgid.cache >>> >>> # T

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-02 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Mar 2013 at 00:35:35 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > David Guntner wrote: > > Anyway, the recipe is dirt simple. > > ... > > # Duplicate Suppression. > > :0Whc: $MAILDIR/.msgid.cache.lock > > | $FORMAIL -D 8192 $MAILDIR/.msgid.cache > > > > # Take out the Trash. > > :0 a: > >

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-01 Thread David Guntner
Bob Proulx grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > David Guntner wrote: >> Anyway, the recipe is dirt simple. >> ... >> # Duplicate Suppression. >> :0Whc: $MAILDIR/.msgid.cache.lock >> | $FORMAIL -D 8192 $MAILDIR/.msgid.cache >> >> # Take out the Trash. >> :0 a: >> /dev/null >> >> T

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-03-01 Thread Miles Fidelman
Bob Proulx wrote: David Guntner wrote: Anyway, the recipe is dirt simple. ... # Duplicate Suppression. :0Whc: $MAILDIR/.msgid.cache.lock | $FORMAIL -D 8192 $MAILDIR/.msgid.cache # Take out the Trash. :0 a: /dev/null For one I use the mailing list headers List-Id an

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-02-28 Thread Bob Proulx
David Guntner wrote: > Anyway, the recipe is dirt simple. > ... > # Duplicate Suppression. > :0Whc: $MAILDIR/.msgid.cache.lock > | $FORMAIL -D 8192 $MAILDIR/.msgid.cache > > # Take out the Trash. > :0 a: > /dev/null > > That's all there is to it. The formail program is us

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-02-27 Thread Miles Fidelman
Alois Mahdal wrote: Hi Miles, hi everybody! On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:56:40 -0500 Miles Fidelman wrote: Sure... thanks! Still, it's a good thing to train folks to reply appropriately :-) Holy ravioli! Training a troll? Gimme a break! BTW, I'd prefer good old Delete key. I use it a LOT, but it

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-02-27 Thread Miles Fidelman
David Guntner wrote: Miles Fidelman grabbed a keyboard and wrote: David Guntner wrote: If you're using Procmail to filter your E-Mail, I can send you a recipe that deletes the duplicate when things like that happen... :-) Anyway, the recipe is dirt simple. The bit of code below assumes that

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-02-27 Thread Alois Mahdal
Hi Miles, hi everybody! On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:56:40 -0500 Miles Fidelman wrote: > > Sure... thanks! Still, it's a good thing to train folks to > reply appropriately :-) Holy ravioli! Training a troll? Gimme a break! BTW, I'd prefer good old Delete key. I use it a LOT, but it's still working

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-02-27 Thread David Guntner
Miles Fidelman grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > David Guntner wrote: >> Miles Fidelman grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >>> AND PLEASE STOP HITTING REPLY ALL - I DON'T NEED TWO COPIES OF EVERY ONE >>> OF YOUR POSTINGS - REPLY TO THE LIST, ONLY >> If you're using Procmail to filter your E-Mail, I can se

Re: Two copies of E-Mail (Re: I wish to advocate linux)

2013-02-27 Thread Miles Fidelman
David Guntner wrote: Miles Fidelman grabbed a keyboard and wrote: AND PLEASE STOP HITTING REPLY ALL - I DON'T NEED TWO COPIES OF EVERY ONE OF YOUR POSTINGS - REPLY TO THE LIST, ONLY If you're using Procmail to filter your E-Mail, I can send you a recipe that deletes the duplicate when things li