On Tuesday 08 April 2008 19:15, Kevin Dupuy wrote:
On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 20:41 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
My email is maintained in *one* location, filters and all, my home computer which is accessable from anywhere via ssh. You are making it hard for no reason.
OK, I have 2 questions:
1) Why is this being discussed on the Factory mailinglist? Isn't this something for opensuse-project?
It cuts across all mailing lists (SuSE and beyond).
2) Do you seriously think most users, even those subscribing to a mailinglist, would seriously set up ssh to access their email, when free webmail is so much easier?
Easy is often wrong. In this case, it most certainly is. If central authorities (such as those that manage this list) continue to give in to this sort of degradation of practice, we'll end up with mush. I applaud Henne V. who refuses to succumb to these slothful user requests. Most lists capitulate to this crap, and they're predictably crappy. Worse than the Reply-To crap is the thread hijacking crap. Those whose mailers implement the pertinent standards relating to threading get mailboxes full of this crap while users of GMail and Outlook / Outlook Express are ignorant of the chaos they perpetrate. I have to deal with people who say "Start a new thread: All you have to do is use 'Reply' and then change the Subject." !! Gag me! The SuSE lists used to demand a higher standard, but in the past few years that has changed. People like me and Patrick S. who wish to maintain standards, both civil and technological, are losing the battle. Sad, but true. This crap is why I now advocate the use of bulletin-board-style forums instead of mailing lists. Randall Schulz --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org