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From: "CPHennessy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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4) We should also CC: the posters of messages that contain a "Delivered-to:
moderator" header since they are from users who are not subscribed and thus
they would otherwise not see our responses.
Note 1 : So how do I know if someone is not subscribed ?
That is easy : there is a field in every email on this list called
"Delivered-to". For subscribed users it will show your email address. For
unsubscribed users, there will be two "Delievered-to" fields, the one as
described above, and a second one with the value "moderator". Any email
delivered to the moderator and then to the list, means that the email was
from an unsubscribed user and therefore you should try to CC: that user.
Many people use their email tool to filter the users@ emails so that those
with the field "Delivered-to" with a value of "moderator" get flagged to
indicate that they should be treated specially.
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Does some automated process run when the "moderator" receives a message from
a non-registered user? Could one be made to run?
If a process runs, or could be made to run, could it, before "publishing"
it, put something magic in the Subject line to indicate that the question
came from a non-registered user?
The word "[modertaed]" seems to appear sometimes but not *always* in
non-registered users' questions. Why not *always*?
Such a scheme would save us who try to answer the non-trivial effort of
checking each and every question.
I personally answer only a small percentage of the questions in the list.
Others answer many more. Not having a clearly visible and reliable way of
distinguishing a registered user from a non-registered one creates a
significant work load for those folk. Seems to me this is exactly the sort
of {repetitive, mechanical, error prone, labour intensive} task computers
were originally intended for.
Oh, and BTW, my Outlook Express can't filter on Delivered To. I know, I know
...
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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