Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-18 Thread todd
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 09:12:22PM -0700, Eric Huff wrote: mhmail -subject List etiquette reminder -from ListNazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] /path/to/file/to/be/mailed Could you tell me how to set up sendmail (or whatever you like best) to do this? I did this: mv

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-18 Thread Eric Huff
~ $ mhmail -subject Ler -from wre [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/huff/twiki.txt Sorry, I can't help much with sendmail or Postfix. The line above where you use mhmail--you did that all on one line, right? (I assume it gives errors if you don't.) yep, all one line. Can

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-18 Thread Todd Slater
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 07:59:51AM -0700, Eric Huff wrote: Can you send using mail? i.e., mail -s ler [EMAIL PROTECTED] file.txt Same result: no errors, but no mail either. So, do you have any mail programs running that would let smtp work? Or does mail/mhmail just work for you? I

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-18 Thread dan radom
* Todd Slater ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: This has been discussed here before, but I came up with a new (to me) twist. Hijacking a thread is when a list member wants to start a new thread, but instead of making a new mail, s/he reads a newbie mail and hits reply, erases the subject line and

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-17 Thread stormjumper
- Original Message - From: Margot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 04:31 Subject: Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking Charlie M. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 16, 2003 12:21 pm, Margot wrote: [..] I

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-17 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 17 Oct 2003 3:56 am, stormjumper wrote: Most newbies tend to lurk for a few days before posting, so most of them would see the message before making their first post to the list, and so would be able to avoid making embarrassing mistakes! Margot

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-17 Thread Eric Huff
http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette Thanks Charlie, that page is exactly what we need - now, does anyone have the technical expertise to post this link to the list on a weekly basis, with a short covering message, so that newbies who are really new to

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-17 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Friday 17 October 2003 19:43, Todd Slater wrote: If you're not subscribed from your local account, it'll require something else, like mhmail. I've done this for stats to a mailing list; the problem was that I was subsribed to the list from my isp's account, but the script only sent mail

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-17 Thread chmod
mhmail -subject List etiquette reminder -from ListNazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] /path/to/file/to/be/mailed (Note that's all one line) Cool! That's exactly what i was looking for. Sometime this weekend, you all might finds out i got it working. Allmighty!!! You guys just

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-17 Thread Eric Huff
Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using sylpheed, and am the only user, so i never neeeded to set up smtp, or any other sendmail type progs. And sylpheed doesn't have a queue command from the command line. (it'll compose, and send, but you have to queue manually...) mhmail

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-17 Thread Eric Huff
mhmail -subject List etiquette reminder -from ListNazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] /path/to/file/to/be/mailed Could you tell me how to set up sendmail (or whatever you like best) to do this? I did this: mv post post.orig % ln -s spost post as was suggested on the web

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-17 Thread stormjumper
There are areas on pages where discussion can take place, but I see no reason why they must be used for this purpose (leave that bit for the people looking for solutions, if you like). Just post comments to the list, and we'll see what can be done. Anne roger that. Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-17 Thread Len Lawrence
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 20:46:13 +0100 Graham Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Todd Slater wrote: Hijacking a thread is when a list member wants to start a new thread, but instead of making a new mail, s/he reads a newbie mail and hits reply, erases the subject line and writes a new subject.

[newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-16 Thread Todd Slater
This has been discussed here before, but I came up with a new (to me) twist. Hijacking a thread is when a list member wants to start a new thread, but instead of making a new mail, s/he reads a newbie mail and hits reply, erases the subject line and writes a new subject. This has always annoyed

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-16 Thread Margot
Todd Slater wrote: This has been discussed here before, but I came up with a new (to me) twist. Hijacking a thread is when a list member wants to start a new thread, but instead of making a new mail, s/he reads a newbie mail and hits reply, erases the subject line and writes a new subject. This

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-16 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 16, 2003 12:21 pm, Margot wrote: [..] I subscribe to a lot of mailing lists, and many of them post a regular reminder of list netiquette, politely requesting no hijacking, top-posting, HTML or attachments, and briefly giving the reasons why

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-16 Thread Graham Watkins
Todd Slater wrote: Hijacking a thread is when a list member wants to start a new thread, but instead of making a new mail, s/he reads a newbie mail and hits reply, erases the subject line and writes a new subject. This has always annoyed me since I like my MUA to display list mail in threads. But

Re: [newbie] list nazi: hijacking

2003-10-16 Thread Margot
Charlie M. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 16, 2003 12:21 pm, Margot wrote: [..] I subscribe to a lot of mailing lists, and many of them post a regular reminder of list netiquette, politely requesting no hijacking, top-posting, HTML or attachments, and briefly giving