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On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 16:56 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> gOn Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I sort of covered this a while ago but in a nutshell, when I send a |
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> > email to this list, I don't get a copy back. I have a copy in my sent |
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> > box but not a copy that comes back from the list. I view this list |
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> > threaded so it can confuse me if I forget to copy a message back. |
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> > Someone could reply to my message and me not even know it was me they |
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> > responded too. |
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> I know of two 100% sure ways to do this, and one possible way. |
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> 1. Use the web-based interface. My sent emails on this list show up in |
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> the thread where they belong. I know, I know. :) |
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> 2. Use IMAP and utilize gmail's labels. For instance, I have a filter |
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> set up to apply the "gentoo" label to anything on this list and skip |
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> the inbox. In Thunderbird, the "gentoo" label shows up as a folder |
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> under my gmail account. All new messages from the list show up there, |
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> and my sent mail does as well. When I click that folder in |
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> Thunderbird, I can see the threaded view of all messages on this list |
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> -- including my own. |
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> 3. If IMAP is not an option and you must use POP, perhaps you can set |
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> up a filter on gmail to move your sent mail to the inbox, or set up |
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> your e-mail client to BCC yourself on every sent message. |
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> > On the spam thing, I use POP access so I don't want any spam filtering. |
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> > I do that on my end plus I used to get a LOT of false positives. Right |
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> > now, I check via web mail and tell it NONE of what it thinks is spam is |
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> > actually spam. It may mess up their filters but it is starting to send |
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> > them to me so it is working a little at least. |
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> You can disable spam filtering. Set up a filter to catch all of your |
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> e-mail and use the "Never send it to Spam" option. I am on mailing |
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> lists that deal with spam and phishing, probably the majority of the |
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> messages would go to spam without that feature. On the web interface, |
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> it even puts a little note next to the message that says something to |
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> the effect of "Gmail thinks this is spam, but because of your filter |
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> we've allowed it anyway". |
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> Good luck :) |
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> Paul |
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My problem is that I'm never sure if my emails actually get to the list. |
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If I send a question in and don't get it back, and nobody responds to |
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it, what else am I supposed to assume, except that my original post got |
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lost somewhere on the Internet... |