On Mon, Nov 09, 2026 at 03:06:13PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Nov 08, 2026 at 09:55:52PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > IOW, LDOSUBSCRIBER can tell you whether they're subscribed only > > when the two addresses match. > > Sure, I'm aware of the many ways in which people could be reading this > list while posting to it from an address that is not subscribed.
[...] > I still wonder if there should be some guidance in the list's FAQ. I > used to make an effort to Cc: people if there was no LDOSUBSCRIBER but > it now seems so common for there to be not, and I did have one person > get a bit short with me for copying them. Yes, that happens from time to time. Still, given how easy it is for the original sender to state their wishes in the mail headers (just set "Mail-Followup-To" or simply "Reply-To", and any civilised MUA will DTRT [1]), and how hard it is for a responder to guess whether a copy is necessary or innocuous (or even offending), I'd tend to put that burden on the senders. The responders would have to keep a database of people getting offended by receiving a duplicate. > I do think it's fairly common for a non-subscriber to post here and then > wonder why no one ever got back to them (they didn't see the replies), > but maybe we should just be trusting that the poster knows what they are > doing… Exactly. [1] Or heck, just remove duplicates at reception -- that's what I do. So many ways to skin that cat. -- t
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