Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 21 Nov 2010, at 24:17, Trevor Talbot wrote: I can't explain it any clearer, your email response goes to the mailing list and that mailing list sends a copy to the original person thats how a mailing list works. It also sends a copy to the forum which is parses you and that person and

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Trevor Talbot
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 05:04, Alban Hertroys dal...@solfertje.student.utwente.nl wrote: On 21 Nov 2010, at 24:17, Trevor Talbot wrote: Elliot, Magnus wants forum-list email to come from a per-user address so that when he replies directly to that address (without sending it to the list), the

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Stuart McGraw
On 11/21/2010 06:04 AM, Alban Hertroys wrote: On 21 Nov 2010, at 24:17, Trevor Talbot wrote: I can't explain it any clearer, your email response goes to the mailing list and that mailing list sends a copy to the original person thats how a mailing list works. It also sends a copy to the

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 18:12, Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: Alban Hertroys dal...@solfertje.student.utwente.nl writes: I'm not one of the people who've been communicating off-list about this with him, so I may be wrong, but to my understanding what Magnus wants (the requirement, not a

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Tom Lane
Alban Hertroys dal...@solfertje.student.utwente.nl writes: I'm not one of the people who've been communicating off-list about this with him, so I may be wrong, but to my understanding what Magnus wants (the requirement, not a solution to it) is this: - Person A is on the forums and sends a

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 21 Nov 2010, at 16:16, Trevor Talbot wrote: I do see a difficulty here; if the forum software is only subscribed with one e-mail address, how is it going to distinguish between a reply-all and a private reply? Maybe it would help to subscribe it using two or three addresses, so that you

Fwd: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Elliot Chance
On 21/11/2010, at 2:59 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote: Magnus Hagander wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 14:46, Elliot Chance elliotcha...@gmail.com wrote: for...@postgresql.com.au is pointed to a black hole so that email disappears but the mailing list gets another copy. When the mailing list gets

Re: Fwd: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 10:40 +1100, Elliot Chance wrote: I would argue that if the person wants to use a forum, aren't they saying they don't want to be contacted via email. I think we just throw it only to the forum (that is the user) and leave it that. Forum users don't get the _rich_

Re: Fwd: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread David Fetter
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:40:34AM +1100, Elliot Chance wrote: It does surprise me a bit that when I (or someone else) signs up to a mailing list (not postgres specifically) that there is no fine print or agreement that says something along the lines of Your email address will be plastered all

Re: Fwd: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-21 Thread Craig Ringer
On 22/11/10 07:40, Elliot Chance wrote: It does surprise me a bit that when I (or someone else) signs up to a mailing list (not postgres specifically) that there is no fine print or agreement that says something along the lines of Your email address will be plastered all over the internet,

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-20 Thread Elliot Chance
On 20/11/2010, at 11:52 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:26, Elliot Chance elliotcha...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/11/2010, at 9:52 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 02:57, Elliot Chance elliotcha...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/11/2010, at 3:58 AM, Magnus

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-20 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 14:22, Elliot Chance elliotcha...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/11/2010, at 11:52 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:26, Elliot Chance elliotcha...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/11/2010, at 9:52 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 02:57, Elliot

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-20 Thread Elliot Chance
Using the reply to all, thanks. On 21/11/2010, at 12:32 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 14:22, Elliot Chance elliotcha...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/11/2010, at 11:52 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:26, Elliot Chance elliotcha...@gmail.com wrote: On

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-20 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 14:46, Elliot Chance elliotcha...@gmail.com wrote: for...@postgresql.com.au is pointed to a black hole so that email disappears but the mailing list gets another copy. When the mailing list gets its copy it sends a copy to the forum (because the forum is just like a

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
Magnus Hagander wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 14:46, Elliot Chance elliotcha...@gmail.com wrote: for...@postgresql.com.au is pointed to a black hole so that email disappears but the mailing list gets another copy. When the mailing list gets its copy it sends a copy to the forum (because

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-20 Thread Trevor Talbot
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 05:46, Elliot Chance elliotcha...@gmail.com wrote: On 21/11/2010, at 12:32 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 14:22, Elliot Chance elliotcha...@gmail.com wrote: Use Reply To All when you want to send to the list. It's what everybody else has been

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-www] Forums at postgresql.com.au

2010-11-20 Thread Michael Glaesemann
On Nov 20, 2010, at 8:22 , Elliot Chance wrote: One very annoying thing about Apple Mail with these lists is that when I hit reply if I don't change the To address to the mailing list or manually add the Cc then it doesn't even get sent to the mailing list. Use Reply to All: Cmd-Shift-R.