Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Young people & free software

[Paul Waring]

Stephen Mount wrote:
> I don't want to have to setup smart mailboxes / automatic things that 
> move the mails to a specific folder

Why not? It's trivial to do using procmail, and most decent email 
providers will provide some form of web interface for you to do the same 
thing. I'm fairly sure several of the popular mail clients will also 
filter your mail for you if you setup a few rules.

> The advantage of mailing lists is that you get your own message back 
> (useless)!  - another reason a forum would be better because it doesn't 
> e-mail you your own mail...

I personally think that's a good thing, as it means I can keep a track 
of the whole thread instead of having my posts missing from it. As 
several people have pointed out though, it's trivial to turn this option 
off in Mailman on an individual basis if you want to.

Paul