[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Google Group?

[tim panton]

On 8 Apr 2005, at 20:02, Bruno Hertz wrote:

> "Damon Estep" <damon at suburbanbroadband.net> writes:
>
>>>>> Why? I'd say it's only a config issue. As long as the google group
>>>>> has this mailing list as it's only feed and posting to the group
>>>>> is equivalent to posting to the list everything should be fine.
>>>>>
>>>> How do you propose getting posts from google to here? Email?
>>>
>>> Well, the group receives it's content by email. It's nothing else
>>> than a subscribed user. As that, it could post (email) to this list
>>> as well.
>>>
>>> Regards, Bruno.
>>>
>> And that is where the problems starts, if the group posts via email, 
>> and
>> is subscribed via email, you form a loop
>>
>> Someone posts to google, google emails the list, the list emails 
>> google,
>> google emails the list... Am I missing something simple here?
>
> I'd think so, at least from my perspective. I.e. you assume that 
> there's
> an independent 'posting to google', in which case of course trouble 
> will
> happen, be it only the duplicates.
>
> But as said, as long as the group takes the list as it's *only* feed, 
> and
> posting to the group is equivalent to just forwarding email to the 
> list,
> where the envelope sender is the user under which the google group is
> subscribed and the From is that of the posting user, all should be 
> fine.
>
> I don't know at all how it's currently implemented. All I say is that, 
> from
> the technical pov, proxying any list through such a group should be 
> feasible,
> without incurring major troubles.
>

Given that Google are describing this as a 'beta' perhaps someone
who understands this issue should make an RFE to them?
>
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