Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-12 Thread Marco Möller
On 05.08.21 00:01, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: 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

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-07 Thread tomas
On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 06:57:11PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-08-06 4:24 p.m., Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 12:25:52PM -0400, Polyna-Maude > > Racicot-Summerside wrote: > >> Actually, the message you sent would have been sent only to

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-06 4:24 p.m., Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 12:25:52PM -0400, Polyna-Maude > Racicot-Summerside wrote: >> Actually, the message you sent would have been sent only to yourself in >> the reply if I wouldn't have took the time to add the mailing list as CC. > >

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Brian wrote: > Have I missed out? Is there a mind reading package in Debian 11. apt-file search telepathy | wc -l reports thousands of occurences. Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 12:25:52PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: Actually, the message you sent would have been sent only to yourself in the reply if I wouldn't have took the time to add the mailing list as CC. OK, let's explore why. According to your User-Agent header, you

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 12:39:59PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: No it's not the opposite problem. If the list become moderated or at least controlled in some way then it would prevent outsider (people not registered on the mailing list) from send mail onto the list. Except, we

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread Brian
On Fri 06 Aug 2021 at 12:31:01 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: [...] > If you can read my mind then you'd know that it's not what I was thinking. > > If you can't read my mind, then maybe it's better to keep quiet than to > say stuff you don't have a damn clue about. Have I

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-06 9:43 a.m., Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 06:54:53AM -0400, Polyna-Maude > Racicot-Summerside wrote: >> Maybe this is obvious for you, but for myself, I don't take note of >> who's "on the list" and "who's not". So if someone reply to me regarding >> a message

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-06 8:20 a.m., to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 07:33:04AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: >> On 2021-08-06 at 07:28, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 06:54:53AM -0400, Polyna-Maude >>> Racicot-Summerside wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> [...] >>>

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-06 7:28 a.m., to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 06:54:53AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> Hi, > > [...] > >> Maybe this is obvious for you, but for myself, I don't take note of >> who's "on the list" and "who's not" [...] > > Easy: if the

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 06:54:53AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: Maybe this is obvious for you, but for myself, I don't take note of who's "on the list" and "who's not". So if someone reply to me regarding a message that was posted on the list, there's pretty good chance that

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread tomas
On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 07:33:04AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-08-06 at 07:28, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 06:54:53AM -0400, Polyna-Maude > > Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > > >> Hi, > > > > [...] > > > >> Maybe this is obvious for you, but for myself, I don't

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Jonathan Dowland wrote towards Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside: > > I've seen that they > > sometimes reply privately to people's posts on the list. > > [...] you accidentally replied to their mail, back to the list. Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside: > Maybe this is obvious for you, but for

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-08-06 at 07:28, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 06:54:53AM -0400, Polyna-Maude > Racicot-Summerside wrote: > >> Hi, > > [...] > >> Maybe this is obvious for you, but for myself, I don't take note >> of who's "on the list" and "who's not" [...] > > Easy: if the

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread tomas
On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 06:54:53AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, [...] > Maybe this is obvious for you, but for myself, I don't take note of > who's "on the list" and "who's not" [...] Easy: if the message comes from the list, reply goes to the list. Your MUA should be

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-06 5:25 a.m., Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 09:21:11PM -0400, Polyna-Maude > Racicot-Summerside wrote: >> I don't see how it would be possible to ban a user on a open mailing >> list that anyone can write to (without being registered). > > It is possible,

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Hi Andrew, Greg wrote a useful mail in another thread () and Dan replied to suggest that some of his points might be worth folding into your monthly mail-out. (In case you haven't seen that thread.) Best, -- Please do not CC me for listmail.  Jonathan Dowland ✎j...@debian.org

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-06 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 09:21:11PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: I don't see how it would be possible to ban a user on a open mailing list that anyone can write to (without being registered). It is possible, although pretty rare. One person who was banned from this list a long

Re: Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Hi Brian, Some of the people who have received temporary bans have then come back and been relatively well behaved thereafter. As a member of the Debian Community team, I'm certain that the listmasters have banned people for short periods in the past. Rather than being judgmental or jumping to

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 07:35:55PM +0100, Brian wrote: [...] > > Listmasters' discretion is always the final arbiter. > > Indeed. They apply the lump hammer. Always assuming the best ;-/ Cheers - t signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-05 Thread Brian
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 23:30:45 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 11:43:26PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 22:01:18 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > > > Problems? > > > = > > > > > > Complaints about inappropriate behaviour should be referred

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-04 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 8/4/21, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-08-04 6:43 p.m., Brian wrote: >> On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 22:01:18 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: >> >>> Problems? >>> = >>> >>> Complaints about inappropriate behaviour should be referred to the >>> Debian Community Team .

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-04 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-04 6:43 p.m., Brian wrote: > On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 22:01:18 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > >> Problems? >> = >> >> Complaints about inappropriate behaviour should be referred to the >> Debian Community Team . >> >> Inappropriate behaviour on the list may lead to

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-04 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 11:43:26PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 22:01:18 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > Problems? > > = > > > > Complaints about inappropriate behaviour should be referred to the > > Debian Community Team . > > > > Inappropriate behaviour on the

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-04 Thread Brian
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 22:01:18 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Problems? > = > > Complaints about inappropriate behaviour should be referred to the > Debian Community Team . > > Inappropriate behaviour on the list may lead to warnings; repeated bad > behaviour may lead to temporary or

debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-08-04 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 for

debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-07-01 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 for

debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-06-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. 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 for

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-05-08 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sat, May 01, 2021 at 03:17:39AM -0700, Weaver wrote: I can recall days when I'd get 300 mails or more, but that was when the attitude was it was a list for Debian users, and not just a list for Debian issues. So can I. The list has definitely got quieter in the last 20 years. Perhaps the

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-05-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 01 mai 21, 03:17:39, Weaver wrote: > > `This is a fairly busy mailing list' - Oh no, it isn't! > It used to be. > I can recall days when I'd get 300 mails or more, but that was when the > attitude was it was a list for Debian users, and not just a list for > Debian issues. > At times,

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-05-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, May 01, 2021 at 03:17:39AM -0700, Weaver wrote: > On 01-05-2021 20:07, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > 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:

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-05-01 Thread Weaver
On 01-05-2021 20:07, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > 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

debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-05-01 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 for

debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-04-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. 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 for

debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-03-01 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 for

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-02-03 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 02/02/2021 18:07, Brian wrote: Users do not read email headers. Many do not even know they exist. That is true, but MUAs can detect the List-Unsubscribe header and offer a button to unsubscribe. Even gmail, which has very particular (and wrong) opinions on how email should work

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-02-03 Thread tomas
On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 01:57:19PM -0800, Rey Paderna wrote: > I think the most obvious method is to go to > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/, put your email and then > unsubscribe.  Unfortunately this method does not work. "Does not work" does not compute. Please, folks. Pretty please. If

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-02-02 Thread Rey Paderna
I think the most obvious method is to go to https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/, put your email and then unsubscribe.  Unfortunately this method does not work.

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-02-02 Thread RP
Your domain is wrong.  Should be @lists.debian.org

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-02-02 Thread Dan Ritter
RP wrote: > Your domain is wrong.  Should be @lists.debian.org Thank you, I've never been corrected so politely before. -dsr-

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-02-02 Thread Brian
On Tue 02 Feb 2021 at 13:14:35 -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 12:01:40 -0800 > Michael Turner wrote: > > > How do I unsubscribe? > > Hmmm, is this becoming a FAQ? > > In the headers of emails sent from many list servers you will find a Users do not read email headers.

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-02-02 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 12:01:40 -0800 Michael Turner wrote: > How do I unsubscribe? Hmmm, is this becoming a FAQ? In the headers of emails sent from many list servers you will find a heading something like: List-Unsubscribe:

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-02-02 Thread Brian
On Tue 02 Feb 2021 at 12:01:40 -0800, Michael Turner wrote: > How do I unsubscribe? You are capable of using a search engine? Search for unsubscribe "debian-user" I think Greg Wooledg has made his point. -- Brian.

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-02-02 Thread tomas
On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 12:01:40PM -0800, Michael Turner wrote: > How do I unsubscribe? Look at the headers of a mail you get from the mailing list. Among them, there's one roughly looking like this: List-Unsubscribe: It's

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-02-02 Thread Dan Ritter
Michael Turner wrote: > How do I unsubscribe? > The headers of this and every other message on the list include: List-Id: List-URL: List-Post: List-Help:

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-02-02 Thread Michael Turner
How do I unsubscribe? On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 4:49 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Feb 01, 2021 at 09:43:50PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, > > and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. > > > > Some guidelines

Re: debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-02-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Feb 01, 2021 at 09:43:50PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > 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: [...] May I suggest a few additions? Feel

debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-02-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian users, and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics. 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 for

debian-user list info and guidelines (FAQ) - posted monthly

2021-01-31 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 for