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.


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