On 23 Sep 2006 at 17:16, James McKenzie wrote:
...
> > Note 1 : So how do I know if someone is not subscribed ? 
> > That is easy : 
> First this 'field' is in the header of any mail message sent from the
> openoffice.org mail system.  It is hidden by default in most mail
> readers.  You need to setup your mail reader to show all header
> information. 
> > 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.
> >
> >   
> The header also shows that the message was delivered to the mail list. 
> Thus, unsubscribed posters will have two addresses in the message
> header, one for the moderator and one for the list.
> 
All unless, as I think I've pointed out before, the reader is looking at the 
digest version, in which case a lot of headers are removed and there's no way 
to tell.  For example, I'm reading the digest version, and the headers for your 
own email are just:

Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:16:43 -0700
From: James McKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
MIME-Version: 1.0
To:  [email protected]
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Subject: Re: [users] The best way to answer questions on this list

The only 'delivered-to' line is in the headers for the digest as a whole, not 
relevant for individual messages of course.


[footnote. I'm not sure if J McK will have his own copy of this. I 
accidentally sent a copy just to him, then resent to the list alone.  I 
notice earthlink has what looks like a challenge-response setup; I'm 
afraid I ignore these - life's not that long :-)   Ironic that I block 
earthlink as a spam and worm source! )
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]    Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England

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