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Re: Administrivia



Vadim Vygonets writes:

 > > I'm sorry to sound even more Microsoftian, but this is not a bug, this
 > > is a feature. :-) One that allows us to subscibe e.g. using
 > > username-linuxil@domain.com for filtering purposes and continue using
 > > username@domain.com when mailing out so that personal replies go back
 > > to the right mailbox.
 > 
 > That's what I do for several others mailing lists, and I repeat:
 > change your From: header.  You should know how to do it
 > automatically, and if you don't, either do it manually, or see
 > below.

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear -- the idea is that you post to the 
mailing list using your *regular* address, so that personal replies to 
your posts on the list go to your personal mailbox.

 > > When we will have no other choice, we'll do it.
 > > I don't see what's so hard to understand about it.
 > 
 > Some time ago, I created a mailing list here, which I left open
 > for everyone to post, by mistake.  It was advertized only in one
 > Usenet newsgroup, and on one almost unknown page on the Web.  And
 > I got spammed on that list.
 > 
 > I will sue myself and lose if the mailing lists _I_ set up gets
 > spam.  And I won't be able to look at myself in the mirror if I
 > know that such possibility exists.

Then close the list. Whatever. You're the admin. The last thing we
need is our host losing sleeping hours and having psychological
problems because of these small issues. :-)


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