[Mailman-Users] Re: remove this?

Bill Warner lww at ictech.net
Wed May 9 22:41:28 CEST 2001


At 01:29 PM 5/9/01 -0400, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
>On the larger question of the List-* headers, there's no doubt that
>the situation will not change for the 2.0.x maintenance branch.  If
>you want to get rid of the headers, hack the source.

Fair enough.

>But, Mailman could do a better job of conforming to RFC 2369.  E.g. it
>could suppress List-Post: for read-only lists,

Or, as Chuq mentioned use the List-Post: NO syntax.

>I still believe that Mailman is doing The Right Thing by supporting
>RFC 2369.  When the MUA vendors catch up, end users will benefit.

Agreed.

>Whether that means adding for Mailman 2.1 a
>list-specific configuration option (-1) or a site-wide configuration
>variable (-0), I'm not sure.

Thank-you, Barry, for reconsidering this issue.  Please cast my vote for a 
per-list option for the reasons outline in my message to JC.

--Bill





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