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[Amedee Van Gasse (on Ubuntu mailing lists)]

On Thu, October 1, 2009 13:11, Odd wrote:
> Amedee Van Gasse (on Ubuntu mailing lists) wrote:
>> On Thu, October 1, 2009 06:51, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>>
>>> If it is the list that is broken how is
>>> it possible that some clients work and others do not?
>>
>> Hear, hear.
>> I have not yet seen any counter argument against this.
>
> The clients that work honor a flawed mail list setup.
> The clients that don't, don't honor a flawed mail list setup.

Perhaps it is because I haven't fully mastered the English language, but
I'm afraid that we disagree on the meaning of the word "arguments".
What I read, are just two statements, not backed up by arguments.

The following could be just as valid, without arguments, but with more
technical details:

The clients that work honor the List-Post header.
The clients that don't, don't honor the List-Post header.


The conclusion _could_ be that a list that uses the List-Post header, has
a flawed setup, but that is illogical. There are still some arguments
missing. Mr. Spock would frown. :)


Anyway I prefer to talk about technically complete descriptions like a
"List-Post header" rather than vague descriptions like "a flawed mail list
setup".

A statement like "the mailing list setup is flawed" is a biased opinion.
Just like the opposite, "the mailing list setup is correct" is also
biased.
A statement like "the mailing list uses the List-Post header" is a neutral
and factual observation.


-- 
Amedee