[ale] ping

[jtholmes]

What does the mailman interface do differently than ping?

Dow Hurst wrote:

> That is a good idea of using the mailman interface.  Hadn't thought of 
> that. Plus, pinging is so much fun due to the creative pong's.  
> Sometimes a pong just makes the day a good one.
> Dow
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> Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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>>> I haven't gotten any mail from ALE in about 18 hours.
>>> Testing to see if I'm still on the list.
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>> Please do not "ping" the list. Sending email to hundreds of people
>> to find out if you are subscribed to a list is not only rude, but
>> it is a waste of bandwidth and decreases the signal to noise ratio
>> of the list. To find out if you are subscribed, use the mailman
>> interface linked to at the bottom of every email sent to the list.
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>> You can also view the archives, and see if the last message there
>> matches the last message you have received from the list. If so,
>> then you are probably still subscribed, and the list is still active,
>> even if it hsa been a whole 18 hours since the last post.
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>> Greg Sabino Mullane greg at turnstep.com
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