On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 12:56:09PM +0000, Gavin Henry wrote: > On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 12:54:16PM +0000, Gavin Henry wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 01:37:35PM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > > > > > > Previous-Subject: Re: Was: Packaging help: users and directories > > > In-Reply-To: > > > <capcb_g+6xfeh7pu9og0fz+jxpchmdvl7yoa25drkrpes4wm...@mail.gmail.com> > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 12:28:21PM +0000, Gavin Henry wrote: > > > > Weird, I *did not* get > > > > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-voip-maintainers/2021-December/035961.html > > > > any where. Not in trash or SPAM. > > > > > > Yes. > > > > > > And how many "works for me" are expected? > > > > > > Please make that a retoric question and check your configuration. > > > That includes making sure to be subscribed. > > > > Will do. And was before posting. Just the VoIP list. > > Nevemind. You don't have to be subscribed to post to the VoIP packaging > list. That is my issue. So never got that reply. > > Will subscribe.
OK, do. Please also be aware of this 1-to-N communication. That we don't know how large N is. We can safely assume that the N recievers are in different time zones and that their time is as valuable as our time is. So: * Make it possible that emails can be skipped (huge time saver) * Have Subject: lines that do match message body * Provide context, don't not delete too much * Choose good messages above many messages See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle Regards Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse
