On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 01:04:15PM +0000, ಚಿರಾಗ್ ನಟರಾಜ್ wrote: > 12021/01/05 03:27.03 ನಲ್ಲಿ, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> ಬರೆದರು: > > > > Currently I automatically add all mailing lists I am subscribed to > > into my muttrc file against both 'lists' and 'subscribe', is this > > correct/OK? > > > > I've never been quite clear why there are two commands. > > > > I have in my muttrc :- > > > > # > > # > > # Mailing lists > > # > > lists `~/.mutt/bin/getLists.py` > > subscribe `~/.mutt/bin/getLists.py` > > > > The getLists.py script just extracts all the mailing list addresses > > from my filter file (that also drives my mail filter program) and > > outputs them space separated on one line. > > > > If having list addresses in both is redundant that's not an issue, I > > was just wondering if it might be doing any harm. > > > > -- > > Chris Green > > From the documentation: Once you have done this, the <list-reply> function > will work for all known lists. Additionally, when you send a message to > a known list and $followup_to is set, Mutt will add a Mail-Followup-To > header. For unsubscribed lists, this will include your personal address, > ensuring you receive a copy of replies. For subscribed mailing lists, the > header will not, telling other users' mail user agents not to send copies > of replies to your personal address. More precisely, Mutt maintains lists > of patterns for the addresses of known and subscribed mailing lists. Every > subscribed mailing list is known. To mark a mailing list as known, use > the list command. To mark it as subscribed, use subscribe. (section 3.14) > Yes, I've read that several times over the years and I'm really none the wiser! :-)
> > Personally, I just do what you mentioned and haven't had any ill effects. > I suspect that's what lots of people do! A couple of examples of what will happen in various cases would be really handy. ... and anyway are there *any* lists now that allow posts to unsubscribed lists? -- Chris Green
