[arch-general] Replies on arch-general to dev emails (was: Cron)

Dan McGee dpmcgee at gmail.com
Mon Jan 4 12:00:58 EST 2010


On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Jim Pryor
> <lists+arch-general at jimpryor.net> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 07:52:38AM -0600, Dan McGee wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Heiko Baums <lists at baums-on-web.de> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I again answer to arch-general due to write permissions.
>>> >
>>>
>>> You realize you don't need to say this *every single time* you answer
>>> an email from arch-dev-public? We do this (restrict who can post to
>>> that list) quite on purpose, and this is the defined method of
>>> answering these emails. Every dev subscribes to this list too so it
>>> isn't like your email is getting lost.
>>
>> Hi Dan, I didn't know that either. I've several times wanted to reply to
>> arch-dev-public emails and didn't know how. It's helpful to hear this is
>> the expected protocol, thanks.
>
> It used to (not sure if the message has changed) indicate this in the
> error response when trying to post to arch-dev-public. Something to
> the effect of "please send your reply to arch-general"

On that note, sorry for being a bit blunt as I thought it was more
widely known. I guess now it is. :)

-Dan


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