Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:03:22 +0200 | From | Erik Mouw <> | Subject | Re: Mailing lists (again, was ANNOUNCEMENT: Real-time Linux users list created) |
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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, > > linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org. 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.): > .____ > |- > |To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > |linux-rt-users" in > |the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > |More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > `---- > > Why not to use something like this in the headers? > > ,-- > |List-Post: <mailto:XXX-kernel@lists.ZZZZ.org> > |List-Help: <mailto:XXX-kernel-request@lists.ZZZZ.org?subject=help> > |List-Subscribe: <mailto:XXX-kernel-request@lists.ZZZZ.org?subject=su... > |List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:XXX-kernel-request@lists.ZZZZ.org?subject=un... > `-- > > 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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