(OT) List problems???

[Brian Durant]

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:55:08 -0500, Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:22:39 +0700, Brian Durant <globetrotterdk at gmail> wrote:
> > Hi again,
> >
> > Since switching the account that I receive list postings on to my
> > Gmail account, I have started experiencing problems with my postings
> > and other peoples postings as well. Sometimes I seem to get postings
> > half way through a thread, with the first couple of postings missing.
> > Other times, I post a message that seems to be recognized by Gmail as
> > having been sent, but it never shows up in my Inbox as a posting from
> > the list. Are others on the list experiencing this? Is this a liste
> > server problem or is it only a Gmail thing? Have Gmail users on the
> > list experienced the same thing?
> 
> I find that's a "feature" of all mailing lists that you or the list
> owner can set (send copy of your own post to yourself). Depending on
> your setting and/or the mailing list's setting you *may* get a copy of
> your e-mail sent back to you by the list serv. If you do, then you
> will and should see a posting by yourself appear in your Gmail box,
> regardless of whether someone else replies or you post is in reply to
> something.
> 
> If you send an e-mail and you don't have a copy bounced back to you by
> the list server, then you will NOT see your post unless (as pointed
> out in another response) your post was in response to another e-mail
> and/or receives a reply to your e-mail.
> 
> If your behaviour is different from the app (I presume you were using
> an app) you were using, this (probably) means that you had a
> particular setting in your app that automatically filed all email sent
> to the list(s) as part of the list.
> 
> AFAIK GMail is working fine with the list -- I don't *appear* to be
> losing e-mail. Once in a while I will get a whole batch of _old_
> e-mails from the list, but that seems to be an issue somewhere else on
> the web since people not on GMail have the same experience.
> 
> PS Since you're on GMail I'd advise (encourage) you to investigate the
> filters and labels. I have a filter apply a label depending on from
> address (e.g. ubuntu.com) and also archive the email -- archiving the
> mail gets rid of it from my inbox but still lists it in the particular
> label category to which it belongs. I have numerous mailing lists that
> are handled flawlessly, and, any _private_ or partially private
> responses (e.g. where I'm cc-ed) by others to my public posts will
> ALSO show up in my main inbox, as well as in the label category.

OK, I'll check out the filtering. I only use this account for the
Ubuntu-Users list and only with a web browser. Good to know that
everything seems to be working the way it should be.

Cheers,

Brian