Dave Barton wrote: > On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 18:14 -0700, NoOp wrote: >> I find some of the responses on gmane.comp.openoffice.questions ala >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (primarily but also from a few other posters) >> confusing: > 8<-- snip -->8 >> I am viewing & posting via a standard usenet NNTP client to >> gmane.comp.openoffice.questions, is there a listserv or some other >> "list" that also feeds the NNTP gmane.comp.openoffice.questions? >> >> As an added note: the first time that I did post to this newsgroup, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] replied to the post both via the newgroup >> _and_ via personal email. Yet sig for G. Roderick Singleton reads: >> >> PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. >> OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead >> http://documentation.openoffice.org/ >> >> Not trying to be critical here (except for the fact that it's not >> appreciated when someone replies directly via email rather than via the >> usenet newsgroup); just trying to figure out the meaning of the "list" >> references are from & if I'm perhaps missing some other dimenson to >> gmane.comp.openoffice.questions and the other gmain.com.openoffice.x >> newsgroups. > > You should keep in mind that this _IS_ a mailing list and the fact that > it can be accessed through a newsreader is something of a by-product. > So it is not surprising, that mailing list subscribers reply to posts as > if they were coming from a mailing list server rather than a news > server. > > I don't know the technical detail of how posts sent to a news sever > reach this list. The header of moderated posts coming from > non-subscribed users normally include a line which reads "Delivered-To: > moderator for [email protected]". Since your post showed up on the > list as coming from a subscribed mailing list member, how are we to know > that you are posting to a news server? > > I hope this assists you in understanding the cause of your confusion. > > Dave
Ah... that does indeed help. I was unaware that this is a mailing list and had only been aware of the usernet NNTP side. Thanks much for the clarification. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
