Parenthesis or square brackets and "was" (was: Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20240501))

2024-06-02 Thread eben
On 6/1/24 23:02, Max Nikulin wrote: On 02/06/2024 02:59, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: If you change subject or emphasis in mid-thread, please change the subject line on your email accordingly so that this can be clearly seen. For example: New question [WAS Old topic] Are square brackets

Re: Parenthesis or square brackets and "was" (was: Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20240501))

2024-06-02 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jun 02, 2024 at 10:02:58AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 02/06/2024 02:59, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > If you change subject > > or emphasis in mid-thread, please change the subject line on your email > > accordingly so that this can be clearly seen. > > > > For example: New question

Re: Parenthesis or square brackets and "was" (was: Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20240501))

2024-06-01 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jun 02, 2024 at 10:02:58AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 02/06/2024 02:59, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > If you change subject > > or emphasis in mid-thread, please change the subject line on your email > > accordingly so that this can be clearly seen. > > > > For example: New question

Parenthesis or square brackets and "was" (was: Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20240501))

2024-06-01 Thread Max Nikulin
On 02/06/2024 02:59, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: If you change subject or emphasis in mid-thread, please change the subject line on your email accordingly so that this can be clearly seen. For example: New question [WAS Old topic] Are square brackets intentional here? E.g. thunderbird strips

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (last modified 20240501)

2024-06-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list [Modified 20240408]

2024-05-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list [Modified 20240401]

2024-04-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code

Mailing list FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240201)

2024-02-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code

FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240201)

2024-02-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240201)

2024-02-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240102)

2024-01-02 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. A Debian resource - Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum hosted on Debian resources. As such, it is subject to both

On threads and changing Subject [was: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240101)]

2024-01-02 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jan 02, 2024 at 03:26:03AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Mon, Jan 01, 2024 at 07:32:18PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > > If one changes subject, would it not be better to simply start a new > > thread? With most mail readers threading using the In-Reply-To header, > > the new

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240101)

2024-01-01 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Mon, Jan 01, 2024 at 07:32:18PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > If one changes subject, would it not be better to simply start a new > thread? With most mail readers threading using the In-Reply-To header, > the new subject would get buried in the old thread. Personally I prefer that. I

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240101)

2024-01-01 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jan 01, 2024 at 07:32:18PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > If one changes subject, would it not be better to simply start a new > thread? With most mail readers threading using the In-Reply-To header, > the new subject would get buried in the old thread. There's a difference between

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240101)

2024-01-01 Thread Charles Curley
The refactoring and headers are an improvement, thank you. On Mon, 1 Jan 2024 22:56:03 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > If you change subject or emphasis in mid-thread, please change the > subject line on your email accordingly so that this can be clearly > seen. > > For example: New

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20240101)

2024-01-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Codes of Conduct * The list is a Debian communication forum. As such, it is subject to both the Debian mailing list Code of Conduct and the main Debian Code

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20231216)

2024-01-01 Thread Michael Kjörling
Could we perchance add something to the FAQ about the inappropriateness of reposting private replies to the list without first confirming with the people involved that doing so is acceptable? -- Michael Kjörling  https://michael.kjorling.se “Remember when, on the Internet,

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 20231216)

2023-12-31 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified x2 16th December 2023)

2023-12-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 16th December 2023)

2023-12-16 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > * It may also be useful to for someone to post a summary email from time to > time to explain long threads. You did not move the old "to" but rather added a new one during the change from the text in 2023/12/msg00045.html to the new one: > > * It may also be

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 16th December 2023)

2023-12-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-04 Thread David Wright
On Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 10:01:25 (+0100), Thomas Schmitt wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > I'm subscribed, but I don't receive that badge of honour. > > This is from my other post in this thread—no LDOSUBSCRIBER: > > > > > X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.9 required=4.0 tests=CAPINIT,FOURLA, > > >

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-04 Thread David Wright
On Fri 01 Dec 2023 at 20:39:51 (+), piorunz wrote: > On 01/12/2023 16:15, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > Your message is here, so you are subscribed :) > > > > Not necessarily, you can post here as a non-subscriber. Actually I have > > the hunch that the OP is not subscribed (going by the

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, David Wright wrote: > I'm subscribed, but I don't receive that badge of honour. > This is from my other post in this thread—no LDOSUBSCRIBER: > > > X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.9 required=4.0 tests=CAPINIT,FOURLA, > > HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,LDO_WHITELIST,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, > >

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-02 Thread David Wright
On Fri 01 Dec 2023 at 17:24:53 (+0100), Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > > Anyone one else having trouble with the mailing list? > > I got your message via the list. > > > Have received any messages since Nov 30 > > Normal traffic yesterday and today, i'd say. >

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-02 Thread Pocket
On 12/1/23 11:36, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Pocket wrote: Anyone one else having trouble with the mailing list? Have received any messages since Nov 30 I can not tell if I am still subscribed I get Error: Overload On thehttps://lists.debian.org/users.html page Looks like I

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-01 Thread tomas
On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 08:39:51PM +, piorunz wrote: > On 01/12/2023 16:15, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > Your message is here, so you are subscribed :) > > > > Not necessarily, you can post here as a non-subscriber. Actually I have > > the hunch that the OP is not subscribed (going by the

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 1st December2023)

2023-12-01 Thread tomas
On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 07:30:47PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 08:18:13PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Hi, > > > > there is a new surplus word "private" in these lines: > > > > > * Please post answers back to the list so others can benefit: private > > >

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-01 Thread Kamil Jońca
piorunz writes: > On 01/12/2023 16:15, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >>> Your message is here, so you are subscribed :) >> >> Not necessarily, you can post here as a non-subscriber. Actually I have >> the hunch that the OP is not subscribed (going by the X-Spam-Status header). >> >> Cheers > > Oh,

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-01 Thread David Wright
On Fri 01 Dec 2023 at 16:32:44 (+), Joe wrote: > On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 17:12:56 +0100 > Marco Moock wrote: > > Am 01.12.2023 um 15:55:41 Uhr schrieb Joe: > > > > > I received a message timed 22:52 on 28th, the last that day, the > > > next three were on 29th at > > > 08:39 > > > 13:14 > > >

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-01 Thread piorunz
On 01/12/2023 16:15, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: Your message is here, so you are subscribed :) Not necessarily, you can post here as a non-subscriber. Actually I have the hunch that the OP is not subscribed (going by the X-Spam-Status header). Cheers Oh, ok, I didn't know that. That's why the

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 1st December2023)

2023-12-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > * Before posting, it may be useful to check your post for spelling mistakes > and scan it for redundancy, duplicate words and redundancy. Some wisdom cannot be repeated enough. Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 1st December2023)

2023-12-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 08:18:13PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > there is a new surplus word "private" in these lines: > > > * Please post answers back to the list so others can benefit: private > > private conversations don't benefit people who may only be following > > > Have a

Re: Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 1st December2023)

2023-12-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, there is a new surplus word "private" in these lines: > * Please post answers back to the list so others can benefit: private > private conversations don't benefit people who may only be following Have a nice day :) Thomas

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 1st December 2023)

2023-12-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-01 Thread debian-user
Pocket wrote: > Anyone one else having trouble with the mailing list? > > Have received any messages since Nov 30 > > I can not tell if I am still subscribed > > I get > > Error: Overload > > On the https://lists.debian.org/users.html page Your message ma

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-01 Thread Joe
On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 17:12:56 +0100 Marco Moock wrote: > Am 01.12.2023 um 15:55:41 Uhr schrieb Joe: > > > I received a message timed 22:52 on 28th, the last that day, the > > next three were on 29th at > > 08:39 > > 13:14 > > 15:55 > > then normal flow was resumed, which is typically about 50

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > Anyone one else having trouble with the mailing list? I got your message via the list. > Have received any messages since Nov 30 Normal traffic yesterday and today, i'd say. > I can not tell if I am still subscribed The "From:" address poc...@columbus.rr.com seems n

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-01 Thread tomas
On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 03:24:33PM +, piorunz wrote: > On 01/12/2023 15:05, Pocket wrote: > > Anyone one else having trouble with the mailing list? > > > > Have received any messages since Nov 30 > > > > I can not tell if I am still subscribed > > Your

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-01 Thread Marco Moock
Am 01.12.2023 um 15:55:41 Uhr schrieb Joe: > I received a message timed 22:52 on 28th, the last that day, the next > three were on 29th at > 08:39 > 13:14 > 15:55 > then normal flow was resumed, which is typically about 50 messages per > day. > > So yes, there was a problem. > Times UTC by the

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-01 Thread Marco Moock
Am 01.12.2023 um 10:05:02 Uhr schrieb Pocket: > I get > > > Error: Overload > > On the https://lists.debian.org/users.html page Works perfectly fine for me.

Re: Mailing List

2023-12-01 Thread piorunz
On 01/12/2023 15:05, Pocket wrote: Anyone one else having trouble with the mailing list? Have received any messages since Nov 30 I can not tell if I am still subscribed Your message is here, so you are subscribed :) -- With kindest regards, Piotr. ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal

Mailing List

2023-12-01 Thread Pocket
Anyone one else having trouble with the mailing list? Have received any messages since Nov 30 I can not tell if I am still subscribed I get Error: Overload On the https://lists.debian.org/users.html page -- It's not easy to be me

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (modified 1st November 2023)

2023-11-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (Unmodified August 2023)

2023-09-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-14 Thread gene heskett
On 8/14/23 12:24, zithro wrote: On 12 Aug 2023 04:39, gene heskett wrote: On 8/11/23 21:10, Larry Martell wrote: Larry, whom I've known for 20 years, is only echoing.   Are you really an engineer ?! No, I am not an EE, but I am a Certified Electronics Technician, a much rarer breed of

Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-14 Thread davidson
) is fully competent at efficiently managing email but still posts as they posted? Funnily enough, if you look carefully, you can see some utterly slapstick confusion of that very nature in this thread, over who is to blame for posting a red-herring link to the Alpine Linux distro ma

Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-14 Thread davidson
On Sun, 13 Aug 2023 Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 4:33 PM davidson wrote: [...] Somebody else posts a red-herring link, to a mailing list concerning the linux distro called Alpine Linux. [3] https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/08/msg00355.html Then Greg points out

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-14 Thread zithro
On 12 Aug 2023 04:39, gene heskett wrote: On 8/11/23 21:10, Larry Martell wrote: Larry, whom I've known for 20 years, is only echoing. Are you really an engineer ?! No, I am not an EE, but I am a Certified Electronics Technician, a much rarer breed of cat than your run of the mill EE. 

Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-13 Thread Bret Busby
ging email but still posts as they posted? Funnily enough, if you look carefully, you can see some utterly slapstick confusion of that very nature in this thread, over who is to blame for posting a red-herring link to the Alpine Linux distro ma

Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-13 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 4:33 PM davidson wrote: > [...] > Somebody else posts a red-herring link, to a mailing list concerning > the linux distro called Alpine Linux. > [3] https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/08/msg00355.html > > Then Greg points out, in reply to the

Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-13 Thread davidson
subscribe, or how to spell it) is fully competent at efficiently > managing email but still posts as they posted? Funnily enough, if you look carefully, you can see some utterly slapstick confusion of that very nature in this threa

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-13 Thread Curt
On 2023-08-12, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > In the US, the banks are laxed. Banks claim they don't want to lose > customers with inconveniences. I understand things are different from > Europe. It's a two-edged sword, though: I had to purchase a new smart phone in order to continue banking with one

Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-12 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 12:12:49AM +, davidson wrote: > The foregoing demonstration is meant to show how, using alpine's > threaded mode, I minimise my irritation with threads that I find > irrelevant to my interests Unfortunately no matter how advanced your MUA is, it doesn't help

Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-12 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 10:18 AM Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > [...] > No one of us is perfect: the temptation to just add a bit more when you > are irritated or something is wrong on the internet can be very strong. > > Obligatory xkcd cartoon: https://xkcd.com/386 Yeah, some threads refuse to

Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-12 Thread davidson
--- 18284 9:42 Hans (7K) Re: libkscreenlocker5: N 18285 Yesterday pe...@easthope.ca (6K) > Crosshairs in gimp 2.1 N 18288 15:45 Erwan David (8K) > Swap size in debain 12 18292 12:

Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-12 Thread davidson
.@easthope.ca (6K) > Crosshairs in gimp 2.1 N 18288 15:45 Erwan David (8K) > Swap size in debain 12 18292 12:35 Greg Wooledge (7K) Re: Mailing list unsub * N 18293 Wednesday Carl Fink (6K) > Sound loses my anal

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-12 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 11:17 PM David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 11 Aug 2023 at 17:39:28 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > > On 8/11/23 14:25, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 10:59:14AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > The recommended procedure usually

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-12 Thread gene heskett
On 8/12/23 12:18, Curt wrote: On 2023-08-12, Larry Martell wrote: Larry didn't write the next quote, he was echoing the OP which I snipped. Who is a random person to you? You're new to this list, so you have no clue who is who here. Larry did write this: Gene may be many things,

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
ways be sent to > the -request address of a mailing list. > > If a mailing list is called for example "thel...@lists.debian.org", then > the -request address can be inferred from this to be: > "thelist-requ...@lists.debian.org". > > To subscribe to a ma

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-12 Thread Curt
On 2023-08-12, Larry Martell wrote: > > > Who is a random person to you? You're new to this list, so you have > no clue > who is who here. > Gene may be many things, but he's not random. He's *old*, though, so I think certain breaks are to be given on that account. But what I want to know is:

Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
( > > So, please, shut the two threads down, so the mailing list can return to the > subject matter for which the list was created and is maintained; discussionWW > of the use of Debian, and, seeking help with the operating system, and, not > the extraneous (extreme euphemism) "stuf

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-11 Thread tomas
u just moved the goalpost: the Debian mailing lists are not your bank. Whatever your bank does... I think I don't want to know that. The current context was the Debian mailing list. Not your bank. Not some dystopian lock-in software for some (at first cheap) hardware. Not anything else.

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-11 Thread David Wright
On Fri 11 Aug 2023 at 17:39:28 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > On 8/11/23 14:25, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 10:59:14AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > The recommended procedure usually works, unless the user is now using a > > > different browser or has

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-11 Thread gene heskett
On 8/11/23 21:10, Larry Martell wrote: Larry, whom I've known for 20 years, is only echoing. Are you really an engineer ?! No, I am not an EE, but I am a Certified Electronics Technician, a much rarer breed of cat than your run of the mill EE. We teach EE's how to get their hands dirty

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-11 Thread Larry Martell
On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 6:03 PM zithro wrote: > On 11 Aug 2023 23:39, gene heskett wrote: > > No its not Tomas, everytime ff issues an update, I have to go thru all > > the bs of proving I am me to my bank, and its been that way for at least > > a decade. > > With all due respect, can you stop

List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-11 Thread Bret Busby
, if some subscribers need to be told how to input the name of this mailing list ("If you look at that black rectangle in front of you, with those white markings on it, that is named a keyboard. On that thing, if you look along the rows of the markings, you should be able to see one marking, that l

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-11 Thread zithro
On 11 Aug 2023 23:39, gene heskett wrote: No its not Tomas, everytime ff issues an update, I have to go thru all the bs of proving I am me to my bank, and its been that way for at least a decade. With all due respect, can you stop spreading misinformation to this list ? Not only this has

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-11 Thread Bret Busby
30 character pw it would take eons to guess, doesn't mean a thing to them. Your bank's authentication policy has NOTHING AT ALL to do with unsubscribing from a mailing list. And, I fail to see how a web browser version or operating system version influences the response to a subscriber doing

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-11 Thread Greg Wooledge
, and its been that way for at least a > decade. The fact that I have a nearly 30 character pw it would take eons to > guess, doesn't mean a thing to them. Your bank's authentication policy has NOTHING AT ALL to do with unsubscribing from a mailing list.

Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-11 Thread gene heskett
the mailing list software an unsubscription request for a specific mail address: either by sending a mail or by performing a HTTP GET on a specific URL (aka "clicking on a link") 2. the mailing list software sends a mail (containing a token) to confirm the unsubscription reques

Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio

2023-08-11 Thread tomas
On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 10:59:14AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: [...] > The recommended procedure usually works, unless the user is now using a > different browser or has installed a new version of the OS. Sorry, Gene, this is plain wrong. The way it works is this: 1. you send the mailin

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list

2023-08-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (unmodified 1st July)

2023-07-04 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific

Monthly FAQ for Debian-user mailing list (unmodified April 1)

2023-05-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. Some guidelines which may help explain how the list works: * The language on this mailing list is English. There may be other mailing lists that are language-specific

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> If I'm not wrong, RFC compliance may even be required in some areas (via >> contracts). > That might happen, but it wouldn't be a great idea from a legal > standpoint: RFCs are often ambiguous in surprising ways. Most contracts are ambiguous in surprising ways anyway :-) Stefan

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread Dan Ritter
zithro wrote: > On 13 Apr 2023 01:15, Dan Ritter wrote: > > zithro wrote: > > > On 12 Apr 2023 22:15, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > > RFCs are there for having a common ground, right ? > > > > Sort of. > > > > At various meetings, a grad student was "volunteered" to take > > notes. Not quite

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread zithro
On 13 Apr 2023 01:15, Dan Ritter wrote: zithro wrote: On 12 Apr 2023 22:15, Greg Wooledge wrote: RFCs are there for having a common ground, right ? Sort of. At various meetings, a grad student was "volunteered" to take notes. Not quite certain of how accurately he had transcribed things, he

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread Dan Ritter
zithro wrote: > On 12 Apr 2023 22:15, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > RFCs are there for having a common ground, right ? Sort of. At various meetings, a grad student was "volunteered" to take notes. Not quite certain of how accurately he had transcribed things, he typed up "Request For Comments" at

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread zithro
On 12 Apr 2023 22:15, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 10:04:42PM +0200, zithro wrote: So it seems that, despite (incomplete?) standards, each provider (in the whole mail chain, MUA, MTA, etc) "does what he wants" ? Why do you sound surprised? This is how everything works.

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread zithro
is the biggest advertising company. And I admit I hate using it with personal/private emails. But *only* considering public mailing list, I fail to understand how it is a problem (I'm also not using the webmail version). And thanks for sharing how you're using mail services. Google's engineers

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 10:04:42PM +0200, zithro wrote: > So it seems that, despite (incomplete?) standards, each provider > (in the whole mail chain, MUA, MTA, etc) "does what he wants" ? Why do you sound surprised? This is how everything works. Everything.

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread zithro
[Note: I snipped everything for easier read, and replied to the most recent email] Thank you all for your constructive answers ! This was a really interesting read. So it seems that, despite (incomplete?) standards, each provider (in the whole mail chain, MUA, MTA, etc) "does what he wants" ?

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread zithro
curity is a delusion. Zuboff, Shoshana (2019). The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. London: Profile Books. ISBN 978-1-78125-685-5 [1] If only you were less cryptic I could answer. Please don't and let's put this to rest. It's a

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread tomas
On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 02:16:08PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 2:06 PM wrote: > > > > On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 02:02:39PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > If you wish to wander from the convention, then don't be surprised > > > when unexpected things

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread David Wright
> > > Some mail services apparently treat this "discard incoming messages that > > > > look like duplicates of ones you already have a copy of" behavior as a > > > > feature; Gmail is the best-known example. That has problems when (as > > > >

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread John Conover
> > > look like duplicates of ones you already have a copy of" behavior as a > > > feature; Gmail is the best-known example. That has problems when (as > > > with this mailing list) the incoming copy is not identical to the one > > > that was sent, eve

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 2:06 PM wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 02:02:39PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > [...] > > > If you wish to wander from the convention, then don't be surprised > > when unexpected things happen. > > Unexpected things happen to me all the time -- the least of them are

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:38:37 -0400 Jeffrey Walton wrote: Hello Jeffrey, >I don't think I would blame GMail for that. Maybe it's the sender's MUA? It's well known that google discard what they see as 'duplicate' messages. It is nothing to do with the sender's MUA. Always remember google's

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread tomas
On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 02:02:39PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: [...] > If you wish to wander from the convention, then don't be surprised > when unexpected things happen. Unexpected things happen to me all the time -- the least of them are related to Message-IDs. My Message-IDs are fine,

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread Jeffrey Walton
ages that > > > look like duplicates of ones you already have a copy of" behavior as a > > > feature; Gmail is the best-known example. That has problems when (as > > > with this mailing list) the incoming copy is not identical to the one > > > that was

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread tomas
On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 06:40:45PM +0200, zithro wrote: [...] > > But they don't work for you. > > Well, in a sense, yes, and freely ^^ You don't want to be convinced, I don't want to be convinced, so let's be nice to the rest of humankind and shut up now. [...] > Ah ah, this answer ... "I

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread tomas
py of" behavior as a > > feature; Gmail is the best-known example. That has problems when (as > > with this mailing list) the incoming copy is not identical to the one > > that was sent, even though it has the same Message-ID, but AFAIK they > > don't seem to care. >

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread John Hasler
zithro writes: > To not have to handle issues with security or availability of an own > mail server. I use pobox.com's paid service. Email is their business. I run Postfix locally using the Pobox server as a smarthost and use Fetchmail to download my mail every five minutes. Best of both

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread Jeffrey Walton
e. That has problems when (as > with this mailing list) the incoming copy is not identical to the one > that was sent, even though it has the same Message-ID, but AFAIK they > don't seem to care. I believe Message-Id's are supposed to be unique across space and time. It sounds like discarding the duplicate is e

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread zithro
llo Andrew, If you are subscribed to the mailing list and you post, you should see a copy turn up in your mailing list mails Unless your email provider is google, or somebody covertly using google. Now why would you want to do that? Cheers To not have to handle issues with security or availability

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread tomas
gt; > > > Hello Andrew, > > > > > > > If you are subscribed to the mailing list and you post, you should see > > > > a copy turn up in your mailing list mails > > > > > > Unless your email provider is google, or somebody covertly u

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread zithro
On 12 Apr 2023 11:21, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 08:23:23AM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 21:08:51 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: Hello Andrew, If you are subscribed to the mailing list and you post, you should see a copy turn up in your ma

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread zithro
On 12 Apr 2023 13:54, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: If you are subscribed to the mailing list and you post, you should see a copy turn up in your mailing list mails Unless your email provider is google, or somebody covertly using google. Now why would you want to do that? I have experience. Gmail

Re: Mailing list usage questions

2023-04-12 Thread zithro
On 12 Apr 2023 04:12, The Wanderer wrote: Some mail services apparently treat this "discard incoming messages that look like duplicates of ones you already have a copy of" behavior as a feature; Gmail is the best-known example. That has problems when (as with this mailing list) the inc

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