This is the Opportunity-cost of NOT implementing my AP idea

[Cecilia Tanaka]

On Mon, Jan 13, 2020, 13:56 Greg Newby <gbnewby at pglaf.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 04:50:51PM -0300, Punk-Stasi 2.0 wrote:
> >
> >       it seems that once in a while the confirmation messages are not
> set, or get lost. Big deal. You can check the archive to see if the server
> received your message, and if it did, you can assume the server sent it to
> all of us.
> >
> >       ARCHIVE
> https://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/
>
> Yes, exactly. Check your spam filters etc. in case messages to you are
> eaten by your own mail system. Mail deliver to & from the PGLAF server that
> hosts lists.cpunks.org seems to be robust (i.e., I get notifications
> about various bounces etc., and there are surprisingly few problems).
>
> Note especially that GMail and probably a few other web-based interfaces
> *refuse* to show you a copy of your own posting, even if it arrives in your
> inbox.
>
> At https://lists.cpunks.org you can use your personal subscriber password
> (or ask for it to be set/sent), to turn on an automated acknowledgment for
> every message you send. There are a few other settings you can tweak there,
> too.
>
> But the bottom line is: check the archive, above (no login/password
> required), to confirm whether your message was posted to the list.
>
> There used to be a few situations where messages were silently rejected
> (such as when having too many cc: or to: recipients). I think we have now
> set things so that anything that is received, but not posted, will generate
> some sort of message back to the posting address. In other words, rejection
> or moderation or other failures to post SHOULD result in an email back to
> you explaining what happened.


Thanks a lot for being so didactic and patient, guys.  Love you both very
much!!  <3

Hope the complaints cease now.  Greg is doing a great work here, exactly
like Riad and all the others did before him.  <3
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