On Sunday 21 January 2007 13:25, + WalterAM wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *********************** > I was off this list for a couple months and my email automagically > cleaned out my old emails (I had a compact setting set that I'd > forgotten about). > > I used to have one that explained which header on an email address made > it clear that someone was not subscribed. Could someone let me know what > that was again? > > Obviously, most of the time [moderated] in the subject is a good clue ;)
Correct but as Harold stated "Delivered-to: moderator" in the header is the only real guarantee. This is what I have sent out before to help posters: On Saturday 01 April 2006 00:10, CPHennessy wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to remind everyone of a few simple points which may help new users > get the most out of our answers: > > 1) For many new users they are not always the most comfortable at using the > internet nor email > > 2) Many will not even know that [email protected] is a mailing list, > nor even how a mailing list works > > 3) So we need to be patient and polite in our responses > > 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. > > 5) For FAQs we should redirect the users to the appropriate web pages at > > http://user-faq.openoffice.org or http://documentation.openoffice.org > > 6) For development related email we should redirect the users email > advising them to subscribe to the mailing list to > > dev@<the-appropriate-project>.openoffice.org > > 7) Ignore trolls i.e. those with the "na-na MSWord is better than OOo and > always will be!" attribute or similar as they serve no useful purpose > > 8) Adhere to the usual Netiquette > > 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. > > Regards -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
