[Mailman-Developers] LMTP delivery (was Re: ANNOUNCE: GNU Mailman 3.0a1 (Leave That Thing Alone))

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Apr 14, 2008, at 10:44 AM, Ian Eiloart wrote:
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> --On 14 April 2008 09:20:43 -0400 Barry Warsaw <barry at list.org> wrote:
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>> Okay.  BTW, wouldn't you think that the majority of messages sent  
>> to a
>> Mailman list will have exactly one RCPT?  Cross-posting is relatively
>> rare for most sites, isn't it?
>
> Check the headers of this message! Two recipients.
>
> OK, that might be OK if python.org and list.org are handled by  
> different servers.

They are ;)

> On our site, though, we have thousands of users and hundreds of  
> lists in the same domain. Most of our list members are in that same  
> domain. So, replies to list messages will frequently have more than  
> one RCPT.
>
> Oh, and we make extensive use of umbrella lists, which might also  
> make a difference. In fact, we have a complex heirarchy of lists  
> which we'd like to develop further.

Okay, that makes sense.  BTW, I'd love to get your feedback on the  
roster concept in MM3.  I /think/ it will make composable mailing list  
members much easier to deal with, but the ideas could probably still  
use some fleshing out.

- -Barry

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