[GNC] Bogus email?

[Adrien Monteleone]

On 7/7/24 9:30 AM, Frederick Bambrough wrote:
> Why? This is the weirdest mail list I've ever subscribed to (the list, not
> the contributers :-) ). We're asked to CC to the list whereas on every
> other list I've used the principal is to ONLY post to the list.

I would suspect that's the shortest, easiest recommendation that applies 
to everyone. Some folks have clients that have the more appropriate 
'reply to list' button/command. But alas, most modern webmail and even 
desktop clients no longer have it.

I use Thunderbird, reading the list as a 'news server' via gmane. That 
gives me a 'Follow up' button which is functionally equivalent to 'reply 
to list'. (I still have a 'reply' button to e-mail a list user directly, 
but I don't use it)

The advice *could be* to remove the auto-inserted user's e-mails when 
hitting 'reply' or 'reply-all' and leaving, and/or inserting the list 
address, but it is much easier to just advise to 'CC' instead. (the wiki 
*does* offer the more verbose options I've mentioned here, but that is 
too much to put in the bottom of every message.


> That aside, I'd rather fetch from a list than receive direct mail. In the
> case of gnucash-user, I can be selective in reading from the archive.
That's the beauty of this, you can use the list however it works for you.

To save you the trouble of un/re-subscribing, simply remain subscribed, 
but edit your preferences from the list website to turn off receipt of 
new messages. Then you can view them when you want via the archive, and 
still reply without having to re-subscribe.


Regards,
Adrien