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! ) -- various incoming sites blocked because of spam; see http://www.scottsonline.org.uk for a list and openpgp crypto key (key fingerprint 2ACC 9F21 5103 F68C 7C32 9EA8 C949 81E1 31C9 1364) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
