[volunteers] (forw) [Mailman-owner] svlug-announce post from einfeldt@gmail.com requires approval

[Paul Reiber]

On Jan 25, 2008 3:59 PM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> Quoting Paul Reiber (reiber at gmail.com):
>
> > I made the same error; I didn't check the to: line when I replied to
> > Mark's post.  Of course, in my current situation, oversights like that
> > are instant fire-fodder.
>
> Well, FWIW, I make sure *I* am not in the autopermit list for announce
> lists, just so I don't make the same mistake.

That's quite a good solution.  It makes it more work to post an announcement
but since you seldom do that, it evidently works well for you.

> [...]  I accidentally posted a follow-up _on_ that announce list, not realising
> that the original post had been there rather than balug-talk.  I was highly
> embarrassed, publicly apologised for my screw-up, and made sure I was
> _removed_ from the autopermit roster.

Are there any nettiquette documents out there that you know of that would
help others to gain a better perspective into this level of protocol?  It seems
quite odd to me that you were embarrassed; we're all human; we all make
mistakes... why deny your nature as a human - a mammal, an animal?

> > Maybe it's possible to adjust the reply-to or something similar so
> > that this doesn't happen by accident....
>
> This reflects a common misunderstanding about how the Reply-To header
> works, which I'd rather not go into right now.  Accordingly, we will
> _not_ munge Reply-To for that or any other purpose.

If it's possible, could you summarize - in just a few lines - why Reply-To
wouldn't help with that?    I'm dense in some regards, sure, but that seemed
reasonably plausible as a solution... or some variation of that, anyway.

Thanks, Rick... and... please, try not to be miffed by what's going on
right now;
SVLUG's going through some major growing pains, and will soon emerge stronger
and more capable than it's been in the past.   I hope, anyway... it'd
be a crying
shame if all of this were for naught.

Regards,
-pbr