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Re: lugnet.* discussion groups by mail
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Mon, 26 Oct 1998 23:19:46 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller) writes:

> Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> > and the abundance of list exploders.  I wonder how this scenario differs from
> > the reverse situation, where a mailing list would have to reject posts coming
> > from people -it- doesn't recognize.  Because, if, say, lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> 
> Very true. That's why conspiring together is the best way. :)

But you can't just go trading people's e-mail addresses without their
permission.  :-(


> > So I wonder how mailing list packages deal with this sort of thing?  If the
> > contents of some lugnet.* group were gatewayed into a mailing list, wouldn't
> > all the authors not subscribed to that mailing list get bounce notifications
> > via e-mail from that mailing list daemon?  Or can traditional mailing lists
> > be set up not to send bounce notifications to people posting messages from
> > other gateways?
> 
> Yes, that's certainly much messier than I'd thought initially. Ug.

I've got it solved on my end, but I don't know how traditional mailing list
servers are set up.  Surely this has come up at least a zillion times before
because mailing list servers have been around for eons.  :)

--Todd



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(...) True. But an arrangement like this wouldn't be trading e-mail addresses as such -- it'd be more of an expanding of both services. (28 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)

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(...) Very true. That's why conspiring together is the best way. :) [much snipped] (...) Yes, that's certainly much messier than I'd thought initially. Ug. (28 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)

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