On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 16:56 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote:
> gOn Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I sort of covered this a while ago but in a nutshell, when I send a
> > email to this list, I don't get a copy back. I have a copy in my sent
> > box but not a copy that comes back from the list. I view this list
> > threaded so it can confuse me if I forget to copy a message back.
> > Someone could reply to my message and me not even know it was me they
> > responded too.
>
> I know of two 100% sure ways to do this, and one possible way.
>
> 1. Use the web-based interface. My sent emails on this list show up in
> the thread where they belong. I know, I know. :)
>
> 2. Use IMAP and utilize gmail's labels. For instance, I have a filter
> set up to apply the "gentoo" label to anything on this list and skip
> the inbox. In Thunderbird, the "gentoo" label shows up as a folder
> under my gmail account. All new messages from the list show up there,
> and my sent mail does as well. When I click that folder in
> Thunderbird, I can see the threaded view of all messages on this list
> -- including my own.
>
> 3. If IMAP is not an option and you must use POP, perhaps you can set
> up a filter on gmail to move your sent mail to the inbox, or set up
> your e-mail client to BCC yourself on every sent message.
>
> > On the spam thing, I use POP access so I don't want any spam filtering.
> > I do that on my end plus I used to get a LOT of false positives. Right
> > now, I check via web mail and tell it NONE of what it thinks is spam is
> > actually spam. It may mess up their filters but it is starting to send
> > them to me so it is working a little at least.
>
> You can disable spam filtering. Set up a filter to catch all of your
> e-mail and use the "Never send it to Spam" option. I am on mailing
> lists that deal with spam and phishing, probably the majority of the
> messages would go to spam without that feature. On the web interface,
> it even puts a little note next to the message that says something to
> the effect of "Gmail thinks this is spam, but because of your filter
> we've allowed it anyway".
>
> Good luck :)
>
> Paul
>
My problem is that I'm never sure if my emails actually get to the list.
If I send a question in and don't get it back, and nobody responds to
it, what else am I supposed to assume, except that my original post got
lost somewhere on the Internet...
