On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Brion Vibber <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/26/09 9:57 AM, Michael Bimmler wrote: >> On 2/26/09, Brion Vibber<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hard to investigate without knowing details such as time and source >>> address. :) >>> >>> In most cases, mails are automatically rejected for being sent from an >>> address that is not subscribed. Due to the sheer volume of spam, we >>> don't let those through to the moderation queue. >> >> >> Eh, I know - I wrote the text of the auto-rejection email for foundation-l >> ;-) >> >> But in this case we're talking list subscribers... >> Anyway, I'll follow up if it happens again or I receive more details. > > Many people have multiple addresses, and sometimes accidentally send > from a different address than the one they've subscribed with. > > They then email the list moderator asking why their mail didn't come > through; when I investigate I usually find that they are subscribed with > a different address from the one they're mailing me with, and recommend > that they send their email from the other address, at which point their > mails get through just fine. >
Perhaps the auto-rejection text message could be edited to add a suggestion to checki this? Most people will not check it anyway, but If this is normal, it seems a good idea. -- -- ℱin del ℳensaje. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
