On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 10:35 pm, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 26Mar2017 20:55, Steve D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >>On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 01:55 pm, c...@zip.com.au wrote: >>> 1: He BCCed the list, not us individually. Look at the headers. >> >>BCCed addresses aren't visible in the headers. That's why they're BLIND >>CC. > > Of course, but the received headers etc show it passed though the list.
Sending to the list is not a bad thing. We know the OP sent to the list, because his post appeared on the list :-) The question is whether he BCCed a bunch of regulars or not. [...] > If the headers say it went though the list, _that_ copy went through the > list, _not_ to your personal address (well, not from him; of course the > list delivered it to you). Unfortunately I deleted the email so I can't look at the headers, but nevertheless I can categorically say that it didn't come from the mailing list, because the python-list@python.org mailing list doesn't have my address. I've always read this though the newsgroup. I do still have the relevant mail logs: Mar 25 03:08:36 ando postfix/smtpd[24188]: connect from mail-wr0-f194.google.com[209.85.128.194] Mar 25 03:08:37 ando postfix/smtpd[24188]: 2093D1204E2: client=mail-wr0-f194.google.com[209.85.128.194] Mar 25 03:08:37 ando postfix/cleanup[24192]: 2093D1204E2: message-id=<CAA+hu4Woa_D8-=PGTLVZqsvr7U42uMeBfHCio+ZS1amCS cc...@mail.gmail.com> Mar 25 03:08:37 ando postfix/qmgr[3004]: 2093D1204E2: from=<abdul.s...@gmail.com>, size=3258, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 25 03:08:38 ando postfix/smtpd[24188]: disconnect from mail-wr0-f194.google.com[209.85.128.194] I'm not an expert, but to me that looks pretty convincing that the email came directly from Google, not from the mailing list. Am I wrong? >>Your interpretation doesn't explain why I received a copy sent to my >>personal email address. I read this via the newsgroup comp.lang.python, >>not the mailing list, and I'm not subscribed to the email mailing list. If >>the OP had merely BCCed the mailing list, I wouldn't have received a copy >>in my personal inbox. > > Fair point. Though I thought I only got one copy, might be wrong. Maybe you weren't one of the people he BCCed :-) -- Steve “Cheer up,” they said, “things could be worse.” So I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
