hey armin,
OK. i must have misunderstood what you wrote.
since people question from time to time why messages did not make it
to the list, we remind the entire list of how these things work, from
time to time. we also have these conversations off-list regularly.
but i understand that it is difficult to get a feel for the way the
list software works if you don't experience it 'hands on'. (if
anybody wants to have a go at it, please, just get in touch)
as regards the content of the list, and the assumed lack of
discussions, etc., the answer is also the same as it was ten years
ago, when people would say this about the syndicate list: 'the list
is what _you_ post'. inke and i are just here to keep the channel
open.
regards,
-a
ps: like this message of yours, every message is posted
automatically that gets sent to the spectre list from an address
that is subscribed to the list.
messages only get trashed (again, automatically) if:
- they come from an address that is not subscribed
- they contain attachments
- they use formating, marked up links, etc., which the spam filter
recognises as
spam (see note below)
- they have a volume of more than 40 K.
in these cases, the messages get deleted automatically. please,
believe me that
inke and i have much better things to do than 'control' what gets
posted to the
spectre list or not. our main work is to keep the channel as spam-free as
possible, and to avoid the completely unnecessary pleasures of 4 MB
attachments
and multi-colour, multi-size fonts.
if your message does not appear on the list, try sending it as 'plain text' -
you can select this option in the preferences/options of your
e-mail software.
best regards,
-a
read more at:
http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/docs.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_spam_filtering
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