On Sun, 26 Oct 1997 18:12:34 -0500,
"Donald E. Hammond" <deh(_at_)openix(_dot_)com> said:
D> I have been subscribed since early January, and have only posted to the
D> list a handful of times. I got the needed help in those instances; but
D> even more importantly, I've gotten innumerable tips just from lurking.
D> I read the list every day, keep my own tips file culled from the list,
D> and archive every message. My .procmailrc file has changed numerous
D> times as a result of something I read here.
Ditto. For what it's worth, I usually reply privately because it's not
unheard of for me to misread the message and solve the wrong problem.
I usually include a request for the recipient to post a summary to the
list describing how the problem was fixed.
BTW, I've seen a few questions about archiving mail older than a certain
date. If anyone's interested, I have a Perl script called "markdate"
which accepts a Berkeley-style mail folder, and does the following for
each message:
* Rewrites the "Date: " line in ARPA/sendmail standard form:
Mon, 27 Oct 1997 11:43:05 -0500
* Adds a line to the header if the date exceeds a certain age:
X-Expired: message is more than xx days old
--
Karl Vogel
ASC/YCOA, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433
vogelke(_at_)c17mis(_dot_)region2(_dot_)wpafb(_dot_)af(_dot_)mil