On May 22, 2009, at 2:13 PM, M. Fioretti wrote:
You should work on a message by message basis: if message X doesn't
contain some headers send copy to poster. If not, don't.
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If you take out the "resend message to the list" part, ie ONLY send
notifications to unsubscribed users, it won't hurt
subscriber at all and it WILL do some good, so by all means go on.
To forward replies to an unsubscribed user that don't include that
person's email address, one must create a database of all message IDs
that have originated from unsubscribed users, compare new posts
against that database to see whether they're responding to one of
those message IDs, and so on. It gets a bit complicated.
If you'd like to discuss this further, perhaps we should email
privately rather than add to the list traffic. If I'm overlooking an
easier approach, I'd be glad to learn of it.
I open those messages, read them, do my best to answer and always
send each answer both to the list and the OP.
Always copying the OP is one way to solve the problem, although it
means subscribers receive 2 copies of your replies. If everyone did
that, though, the problem with unsubscribed users would be moot.
Clearly, I've touched a nerve for you, and I apologize for that. I
mean only to solve a problem that troubles some of us.
Dave
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