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Subject: Re: Is 'wh*ch' useful?
From: Brock Rozen <brozen @ torah . org>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 15:27:50 -0400 (EDT)
To: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs @ hpc . uh . edu>
Cc: majordomo-workers @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <ufag1q29ahn.fsf@sina.hpc.uh.edu>
Reply-to: Brock Rozen <brozen @ torah . org>

On 15 Oct 1997, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:

> BR> Jason -- tell me, if I'm on a hidden list, how could I find out the
> BR> exact address I'm zubscribed under?
> 
> echo "I need to find the exact address I\'m zubscribed as" | mail list-owner

Ok, can we at least make this an option?

which_override_advertise = ...

That way I can have the list still be hidden and show up in which, if
all the matches are fine.

> Presumably the list owner has reasons for hiding the list and doesn't want
> it exposed through trivial fudging of the which command.  If you're
> subscribed and address transforms and aliasing equate the address you're
> posting as and the address you're zubscribed as, the show command will tell
> you about it.  See the aliasing/show example I sent a few days ago.

I'm worried about 'which' results being misleading.

With the above variable, and possibly a message at the bottom of the
'which' results that goes along the lines, "The results of your which
command may not necessarily include lists that have been hidden by their
owners."



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