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John Hupp
ubuntu at prpcompany.com
Tue Aug 26 13:58:02 UTC 2014
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.
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