Re: [admin] postings from non-subscribers

2016-11-08 Thread Ineiev
On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 03:19:41PM -0600, Anthony Papillion wrote: > > Most mailing list I belong to would never do this. Just for the record: English-speaking Savannah mailing lists do this unless the owners explicitly request otherwise. signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___

Re: [admin] postings from non-subscribers

2016-11-07 Thread Matthew Orlando
The flip side is someone who wants a quick answer to a limited issue but otherwise has no interest in participating in (or using email rules to filter out) every single conversation on a given topic. Personally, I clicked one of the reply-to addresses in the archive from a google search, wrote a me

Re: [admin] postings from non-subscribers

2016-11-07 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> The only time inline responses make any sense at all is when there are > multiple separate points to respond to... Or when the list owners have specifically requested it be done, as is the case here. http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gnupg/users/75846 (Although my comment is first in that

Re: [admin] postings from non-subscribers

2016-11-07 Thread Schlacta, Christ
What's annoying is when you're subscribed to a list and receiving posts, but for some reason when you try to post, it says you're not subscribed and getting moderated. I've had that happen, but I don't think it's happened here yet. On Nov 7, 2016 12:48 PM, "Ralph Seichter" wrote: > On 07.11.16 1

Re: [admin] postings from non-subscribers

2016-11-07 Thread Schlacta, Christ
Top posting is easier for some, bottom posting for others. Also, a sane mda will show all new messages at the bottom, meaning you see the previous messages above the current message. Leaving the full quote in for those who aren't using a sane mda to be able to read through and find previous message

Re: [admin] postings from non-subscribers

2016-11-07 Thread Anthony Papillion
On 11/7/2016 2:47 PM, Ralph Seichter wrote: > On 07.11.16 19:06, Werner Koch wrote: > >> Our mailing list admins are moderating posts from non-subscribed >> posters. For many years they are doing this without getting much >> attention - time for a big KUDOS to them. > > That's quite unusual. Th

Re: [admin] postings from non-subscribers

2016-11-07 Thread Ralph Seichter
On 07.11.16 22:52, Schlacta, Christ wrote: > Top posting is easier for some, bottom posting for others. It is not about what is "easier for some", but I am not going to spend more time discussing Netiquette with you. We have been doing things in a certain way in mailing lists - since the 1980s -

Re: [admin] postings from non-subscribers

2016-11-07 Thread Ralph Seichter
On 07.11.16 21:59, Schlacta, Christ wrote: > What's annoying is when you're subscribed to a list and receiving > posts, but for some reason when you try to post, it says you're not > subscribed and getting moderated. Used the wrong address to post? Anyway, speaking of annoying things: top-posting

Re: [admin] postings from non-subscribers

2016-11-07 Thread Ralph Seichter
On 07.11.16 19:06, Werner Koch wrote: > Our mailing list admins are moderating posts from non-subscribed > posters. For many years they are doing this without getting much > attention - time for a big KUDOS to them. That's quite unusual. Thanks to the list admins for their work. Still, I personal

[admin] postings from non-subscribers (was: gpg is destroying my messages)

2016-11-07 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 13:28, gnupg...@seichter.de said: > If you are not subscribed, how did you post on this mailing list? That is easy. Our mailing list admins are moderating posts from non-subscribed posters. For many years they are doing this without getting much attention - time for a big KU