Re: Crossposting (was Re: Asian language fonts?)

[Just van Rossum]

At 1:36 PM -0700 20-07-2000, Allen Lin wrote:
>I apologize to those of you on more than one list for any inconvenience
>cause by having to hit your delete key/button more than one.  However,
>because not everyone is double-subscribed, and there's no telling who may
>have the information needed, it is often necessary to post to more than one
>list.  We're all here to learn and ask questions, and we want to make sure
>our questions reach someone who may be able to answer them, wherever they
>are.  I'm not the only one who does it, and I'm sure there are others who
>agree with me.  Besides, anything we post we also receive, as well as the
>multiple responses.  I could break my posts up and send a separate message
>to each list basically asking the same question, but that really wouldn't
>make much of a difference, would it.  If double-posting really annoys you,
>set your e-mail program to filter out any mail sent from myself or anyone
>else who irritates you.  If you'd like to discuss this further, feel free to
>call me at my office.  My number is listed below.  I'm usually in 9-6 PST.

I don't think the issue is worth a trans-atlantic phone call ;-)

I'm not so much troubled by the cross posting per se, but by the fact that
you seem to post _any_ question you have to both lists. That kindof defeats
the purpose of having two separate mailing lists, doesn't it? Are you
suggesting we should just merge the two? I would actually be in favor of
that, but I'm sure the FT team has good reasons to set it up this way.
Let's try and respect that.

Just