Harold Fuchs wrote: > Over the last few days I've noticed an increase in the number of replies > which will not be seen by the questioner because the questioner is not > subscribed to this list and the reply has not been sent explicitly to the > questioner. > > Therefore it seems to be time once again to remind folk answering questions > in this list that if an unsubscribed person asks a question s/he will *not* > see the reply unless his/her e-mail address is explicitly included in its > To:, cc: or bcc: list. > > The *only* way to tell the status of the questioner is to look at the > "Delivered To:" header(s) of the question. The user is *subscribed* if and > only if there is *no* header saying "Delivered-To: moderator for > [email protected]". The user is *unsubscribed* if such a header does > exist. > > Some mail readers (notably Thunderbird and notably *not* Outlook Express) > can be configured to "filter" on the "Delivered To:" header and, thus, to be > able *automatically* to highlight/flag messages from unsubscribed posters. > This makes life easier. Dotan Cohen's recent request would make life *much* > easier but ... >
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