On Dec 4, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Dave Pooser <dave...@pooserville.com> wrote:
> On 12/4/14, 3:10 PM, "Philip Prindeville" > <philipp_s...@redfish-solutions.com> wrote: > >> Not necessarily. If I post to a list with this address, and wait 60 >> days, I can assume that 99.999% of email that comes back after that date >> is not related to the original posting. >> >> Further, after 15 days, anything which doesn't also copy the list is >> almost certainly Spam. > > Eh, if I'm researching an odd bug, for instance, and find a 2-year old > post from someone who had the same problem but don't see any resolution > posted, I'll probably ping the OP offlist with a "Hey, did you ever find > the fix for that problem $FOO you were having?" since I can't assume > they're still subscribed to the list. I may or may not copy the list on > that email, though I certainly will if I come up with an answer. > > <obligatory http://xkcd.com/979/ reference here> I’ll have to remember to make the posting sufficiently uninteresting to be remembered for any significant length of time. ;-) -Philip
