List headers (was: Re: [TAG] OpenGL hangs my system)

[Ben Okopnik]

Hi, David -

On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 10:46:42PM -0400, dsrich at ieee.org wrote:
> Gentlemen:
> 
> From <http://linuxgazette.net/tag/members- faq.html> which I just read today at
> Ben's request as a TAG newbie:
> 
> --------- Quote ---------
> Always check the To: and Cc: addresses when you reply. Always reply to both the
> querent and tag at linuxgazette.net. It's easy to accidentally drop off one or the
> other. Dropping off the querent means they'll have to wait up to a month for
> their answer, IF it gets published and IF they can find it among the three
> columns. Dropping off TAG means it won't be published  the Editor Gal can't
> publish what she doesn't receive. It doesn't matter whether you put both
> addresses in To: or put one in Cc:, just make sure you include both somehow. 

So far so good, in theory. :) I do practice it fairly assidously myself,
but I'm sure that a few have slipped by from time to time; this is more
in the nature of "be aware of this" - we don't have anybody standing by
with large-caliber firearms to enforce it.

But then, the FAQ said...

> A few common scenarios:
> 
> The mailing list software prepends a blurb to TAG messages:
> 
> +-+------------------------------------------------ --------------------+-+
> You've asked a question of The Answer Gang, so you've been sent the reply
> directly as a courtesy.  The TAG list has also been copied. Please send
> all replies to <tag at linuxgazette.net> so that we can help our other
> readers by publishing the exchange in our monthly Web magazine:
>              Linux Gazette <http://linuxgazette.net>
> +-+------------------------------------------------ --------------------+-+
> 
> +-+------------------------------------------------ --------------------+-+
> +-+ Original question from: "Que R. Ent" <querent at somewhere.com>
> +-+------------------------------------------------ --------------------+-+

Whoops! We're not doing that these days, unfortunately. Does anyone know
if this is a standard part of Mailman? I know that Dan's stuff to block
it out isn't, but is there a way to do this, at least? I'll need to
either enable that or snip it out of the FAQ.

> If your mailer allows you to add custom headers you can help the script put the
> right name next to your answerbubbles. Add this to your outbound TAG mail:
> X-gazette-tag: yournick
> 
> Replace "yournick" with your own preferred nickname; for instance, Jim Dennis
> is JimD.

IIRC, this was for Heather's scripts, and (I assume) is still useful.


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