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On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 10:04:04AM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> That's the view of some people, but not all. Context can be easily
> established by those who care going to one of the many archives on
> which the entire series lands. Getting spammed, however, can't be
> avoided by the dozens or hundreds of list subscribers.

No, that is simply a completely broken model.  Mails a are trivial
to ignore, finding them OTOH is everything but.  Learn how to ignore
a few mails, it isn't hard at all.