[OT] Re: email munging (was Re: [Webdev] writing SQL neatly.)

[Donncha O Caoimh]

adam beecher wrote:
> 
> > > C'mere, since you're the list admin, what's the chances of address munging?
> >
> > If I could, I would. There aren't any options in mailman to do the
> > munging. :(
> >
> 
> Ah-ha! Now here I have ya! Off you go to your admin interface...
> 
> http://www.linux.ie/mailman/admin/webdev
> 
> Now, scroll down a bit until you see, "Where are replies to list messages
> directed? Poster is strongly recommended for most mailing lists." Check on "This
> list", hit "Submit Your Changes", and ta-daaa!!! a *proper* bloody mailing list.
> Well, that's how it works on my lovely new install of mailman anyway.

I thought you meant mangling the email addresses.. The above has come up
loads of times and I had it setup as you suggested above on CorkLUG but
personal replies were going to the list to the embarrassment of the
posters. The same happened on the ILUG.

> 
> I've another bitch about linux.ie (one that I've mentioned before I might add)
> while I'm at it - you can't access the site at http://linux.ie. Now this is a
> common Irish thing (if you go through the dot.ie namespace you'll find a lot
> more websites that operate this way), because it's the "proper" way of doing
> things, although it's also vastly outdated. (How many dot.com's are only
> accessible from www.dot.com?)
> 
> However, linux.ie is *branded* as linux.ie - it's there on the front page in big
> green letters. So only making it accessible from www.linux.ie is, well, it's
> just silly really. Especially since making the site accessible from
> http://linux.ie is just a case of adding one line to the zone file.

Gotta agree with you there. http://linux.ie/ should resolve to the main
site.. I'll ask Colm.

Hmm, second day of the list and we're already off topic.. with that, may
I just kill off this thread?
Further emails on the topic should be directed to me.

Donncha.