On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 07:56:12AM +0000, Oleg Verych wrote:
> On 2006-10-20, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> >
> > We have created a list for users of CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT,
> > [email protected]. It is archived on gmane.org (and of
> > course people who want to read it via gmane's NNTP or RSS feeds can do
> > so as well):
> >
> > http://gmane.org/info.php?group=gmane.linux.rt.user
>
> Could you, please, explain why this new list and LKML add that
> (imho silly) messages in every post? (e.g.):
> .____
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>
> Why not to use something like this in the headers?
>
> ,--
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> |List-Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=help>
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> I think everybody, who wants to use the list, may find info; in the
> message's headers one may (and should) find even more info on how to
> use, manage, configure the list.
> IMHO store this in information body of a message, is useless payload.
You might be surprised how many clueless people there are out there
that can't find that kind of information when it's hidden somewhere in
the headers. Just run a mailing list and you'll soon find out that you
really want that kind of vital information in the body.
Erik
[who happens to be linux-arm*-owner #2]
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