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Re: Not receiving list mail



On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 06:45:59PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 04 Apr 2014 at 12:57:34 -0400, Stephen Allen wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 06:36:05PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > > 
> > > I'm 81yrs, I don't have perfect recall, but in the recent past you went
> > > to the trouble of finding an exact reference as to the purpose of the
> > > white list and you posted it here, but you apparently did not take the
> > > time to read it. Slow down a bit. You'll live longer and give better
> > > advice.
> > 
> > Well, I'm a little younger but am retired. :)
> 
> Is there an 'Oldie Badge' to display for some members of this list. It
> could in an email header:
> 
>   X-oldie-warning: Toothless but still vicious
> 
> or
> 
>   X-Debian-oldie: My aptitude will outdo yours

I like that one. :-D

 
> Even
> 
>   X-oldie-gloat: You're still working?
> 
> or
> 
>   X-oldie-plea: Work harder. Support my pension
> 
> > > > What advice are you referring to exactly? You do know that
> > > 
> > > That almost everyone should sign up for whitelist? Maybe you didn't say
> > > that exactly but some people seemed to draw that conclusion.
> > 
> > I suggested it as maybe something to consider.
> 
> You did, but then went on to say
> 
>  - besides everyone should be on the whitelist if posting to the list regularly.

OK. That had been what I was told some time ago. Just took it at face
value without checking. So our 80 year old friend has good memory.

> 
> On the other hand you did help to clear up the question of what the
> whitelist is for, even eliciting an 'official' answer.

I noticed that ...
 


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