[TIP] list mechanics

[Laura Creighton]

In a message of Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:29:26 EST, Benji York writes:
>Titus Brown wrote:
>> while I appreciate the educational response ;), there is no way for
>> mailer software to know whether or not you are a member of the list.
>> Thus it cannot eliminate your address from the response.  mutt, my
>> mailer software, which is generally standards compliant, does indeed
>> insist on adding your name on a 'group-reply' for this reason.  It come
>s
>> in handy when non-subscribers post questions...
>
>This is why Mailman has the per-user configuration to eliminate duplicate
>s.
>
>I think Ben doesn't want that though, he's not using mail to interact 
>with the list.  In that case, I can't think of a good solution for him. 
>  It is a "mailing list" after all. ;)
>-- 
>Benji York
>http://benjiyork.com

I can, assuming he is using a machine that will run procmail.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procmail
http://www.procmail.org/

Just have it capture all mail messages that come to his email from
this list and throw them away so he never sees them.

Laura Creighton