Re: Problems writing to clisp mailing list


Rob Thorpe wrote:
> Cameron MacKinnon wrote:
> > justinhj wrote:
> > > Trastabuga wrote:
> > >
> > >>Hi
> > >>
> > >>I think the problem only happened recently. Now every time I try to
> > >>post a problem or ask a question, my question is forwared to the admin
> > >>of the forum for approval.
> > >>Many times, my message was not approved on grounds that it had some
> > >>malformed header.
> >
> >
> > > I had that problem too. There are various requirements you have to meet
> > > to get your message posted.
> > >
> > > http://clisp.cons.org/impnotes/faq.html#faq-rejected
> >
> > Good grief, what a bunch of feebs must run that list! A week ago, I saw
> > a bug report on c.l.l and reposted it to clisp-list, just to ensure it
> > didn't fall through the cracks. I got a message:
> >
> > "Your mail [...] is being held until the list moderator can review it
> > for approval. [...] Either the message will get posted to the list, or
> > you will receive notification of the moderator's decision."
> >
> > But, from the aforementioned FAQ:
> >
> > "If you get a note that "your message is held for moderator's approval",
> > you can safely assume that it went to /dev/null and try again"
> >
> > Y'all can safely assume I'll never go out of my way to try to help CLisp
> > again, and I'll tell all who ask that it is an implementation best
> > suited to the masochistic and the bottoms of this world.
>
> It's normal these days to have to subscribe to a list before you can
> post to it.
> You get this message when you're not subscribed.
>
> Mailing lists that do not follow this practice are deluged with spam.

My problem is that I don't think you can tell gmail how to format its
outgoing mail. In the options I could choose between default format or
uft8.

That being the case I couldn't send a plain text message to the clisp
group without changing my email client. So I didn't.

Justin

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