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[John Hupp]

On 8/26/2014 9:18 AM, Patrick Asselman wrote:
> 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
>

I have noticed that for the last few months, on both the ubuntu and 
lubuntu lists, that I no longer receive a copy of my own postings as I 
used to.  The only way I know that I have successfully posted to the 
list is when/if someone replies to me.  It's more comforting to get a 
copy of my own posting, just to confirm that the post has succeeded.

(But I'm receiving the usual quantities of postings from others on both 
lists.)

I asked about the problem on one, if not both lists, a couple months 
ago, and no one confirmed or explained the phenomenon then.  So it's 
nice (?) to see now that a few people are taking notice.  But I don't 
know how widespread the problem is.  I see that only Patrick A. above 
and Peter Goggin have weighed in with related observations.