Dustin Marquess writes:
> I was curious to know why qmail uses listname-owner while the new
> sendmail and other list managers like majordomo seem to prefer
> owner-listname...
There's hacks, and then there's design. qmail is designed to split
the username part of the address into dash-separated sections. They
are then controlled on a left-to-right hierarchical basis.
owner-listname (which is just a convention) breaks that hierarchy, so
qmail doesn't use it.
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-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson
Crynwr Software sells network driver support | PGP ok
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> I was curious to know why qmail uses listname-owner while the new
> sendmail and other list managers like majordomo seem to prefer
> owner-listname...
There's hacks, and then there's design. qmail is designed to split
the username part of the address into dash-separated sections. They
are then controlled on a left-to-right hierarchical basis.
owner-listname (which is just a convention) breaks that hierarchy, so
qmail doesn't use it.
--
-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson
Crynwr Software sells network driver support | PGP ok
521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | Peace, Justice, Freedom:
Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | pick two (only mostly true)