list changes & RFC on archives & rack chassis

From: David Woyciesjes <DAW_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
Date: Wed Mar 20 16:24:55 2002

> From: pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com
>
> On Mar 20, 12:59, David Woyciesjes wrote:
> > > From: Jay West
>
> > > B) I also like the 'self-policing' idea of making posts to the list
> > from
> > > non-subscribers get a subject tag of [OL] or something like that.
> >
> > Another good idea.
> >
> > Can't the system compare the From or ReplyTo field against the
> > subscriber list, and take action from there?
> > People like me might need some assistance here. You see, my
> _actual_
> > e-mail address is DAW_at_yalespress3.unipress.yale.edu. Yale ITS just
> provides
> > an alias for me which is David.Woyciesjes_at_Yale.edu. Both work fine, and
> I
> > think both are in the headers of my messages. Confuses some other
> automated
> > mail systems...
>
> Good point. There are almost certainly people on the list who've
> subscribed from a different address than the one they have the mail sent
> to. Not insurmountable, but it does need consideraton.
>
> --
>
        Of course, it depends on how people get subscribed/added to the
list. I would think addresses can be changed by hand on the server, right?
Maybe this would be fixed on a case by case basis. Either way, messages
would still go through until Jay, or someone designated by him, updates the
address list...

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