Aaron Konstam wrote:
On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 12:09 +0930, Tim wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 19:36 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> I don't think you understand why there *IS* an announce list...
> I do. I don't think some others do, though...
>
> If the announcement was worth sending to both lists, the announcement
> can be (and sometimes is - look at the headers for some). What I find
> really annoying is someone *else* who decides that they should go about
> forwarding from one list to another.
Too many things annoy you. When I have done this it was because people
had complained that important information had been missed on the
announce-list.
Actually I think we agree here. My thought is that announcements should
initially go to both the general and announce list, and if the O.P. doesn't do
that I have no complaint about a forward. It's the forwarding to unrelated
lists, and duplicate forwarding by multiple people, which seen unnecessary.
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Bill Davidsen <davidsen(a)tmr.com>
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