----- Original Message -----
From: "Waldhoff, Rodney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 7:04 PM
Subject: RE: [Cactus] Re: Opening a JDBC Connection once for all tests?
> > I think asking users to prefix their mails by [cactus] is
> > going to be very hard to enforce. First, people expect to
> > find a forum dedicated to Cactus.
>
> > One solution I can see is to have a dedicated mailing list. Maybe we
> should
> > put a guideline, like if any commons component generate more than xx
mails
> > as average per week then we should create a dedicated mailing list for
it.
>
> Most of the proposals, and a great deal of the discussion that went into
the
> Commons charter, address this. The general consensus seemed to be to
create
> a component-specific mailing list when the traffic warrants it. Until
that
> time, many people seemed to agree that something like [Cactus] was a
pretty
> good convention. It looks like Cactus may reach that point sooner than
> later.
>
> > Second, there is nothing that tells them that they should
> > [cactus] before they send their message (one not 100%
> > perfect solution to this would be to create a page on the
> > Cactus web site that explains this but I am not even
> > sure this will work.
>
> You could mention this on the site, but I think the example alone should
> encourage most people to follow suit. And it doesn't really matter if
they
> don't
>
> > A second solution (I don't know if it is technically feasible) is to
> create
> > an email alias (like [EMAIL PROTECTED]). All
> emails
> > sent to this email address will have their subjects automatically
prefixed
> > with "[cactus]" and they will appear in the
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list ? If it is possible to
do
> > that it seems easier.
>
> This has been brought up several times in various Apache contexts. Some
> seem pretty vehemently opposed to it, citing that it violates an RFC to
> change the subject line of an email.
>
ok, then I'll also try to show the example by answering with [cactus]
prefixed and we'll see how it goes ... !
Thanks.
Vincent
