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[Patrick Asselman]

On 2014-08-23 16:06, a random person wrote:
> On Saturday 23 August 2014 05:54:49 someone wrote:
>
>> I have not had a mesage for about 2 days. Is this list down?
>>
> Not that I can tell. I have 25 or 30 dated the last 2 days.
>


Hmmm... is it just me, or is replying to this message via the mailing 
list rather pointless?

Scenario 1: test poster's subscription is indeed malfunctioning
-> sends test message to list -> does not receive his message from list
-> all replies to his message via the list will not reach him, and are 
pointless

Scenario 2: test poster's subscription was working okay to begin with
-> sends test message to list -> receives test message from mailing 
list -> knows that everything is okay.
-> No reply to test message needed.


Summary:
If you wish to help the poster of a test message, by all means go 
ahead, but unless you send him a private email, it will not help him.


Kind regards,
Patrick Asselman