On Tuesday 02 February 2010 06:20 pm, Julien Claassen wrote: > If I post something isn't it my material, of course given for the > eyes of all. So shouldn't I be able to change it - at least in the > original archive? In other forums - not mailing lists though - I saw > the possibility to change posts afterwards, mainly erase stuff. Then > the post would have a note sticking to it: "Changed X times." > It's a bit more than complete idle curiousity, yet only slightly. :-) Ost's post remains unchanged in my archives, and in those of all the other people who subscribe to the list via email and don't delete old mail. On a web forum, aside from those that forward new posts to thread subscribers via email, the canonical version of the post is the one on the web. On a mailing list like LAU, it's the one that reached the subscribers' inboxes. I think that's the reason that feature is rare in mailing list software. Rob _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
