Re: pgsql-patches considered harmful

Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Josh Berkus wrote:
> 
> > Martjin, Greg, Marc, etc.:
> >
> >> However, I think the other suggestions of having the listbot mangle the
> >> reply-tos of -patches and -committers to be -hackers would probably be
> >> good too. I myself subscribe to -committers in digest form (where I
> >> look at the summary to see if it's interesting) and read -patches
> >> occasionally via the archives to see if anything is there...
> >
> > I agree that mangling the reply-tos would be the least complex (and thus 
> > probably best) solution.  Unlike attachment stripping, this is supported by 
> > majordomo.
> >
> > However, to save on spam filtering, the reply-to should add -hackers *also*, 
> > not instead.
> 
> You've lost me on that last point ... how does that save on spam 
> filtering?

He is saying that other mail servers might think our email is spam, but
I think the risk is worth it.

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