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AKSF_Ackermann 40 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Modern email can be built from borrowed parts

Content-addressed email breaks mailing lists, as those need to be able to add headers for subscribe/unsubscribe/list id, etc. There is a reason DKIM allows you to pick which headers to sign.

kamma4434 40 days ago [–]

Do we need mailing lists at all?

ninalanyon 40 days ago | [–]

I Linus Torvalds needs them. And that's a good enough reason for their existence as far as I'm concerned.

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