X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <49AE0F52.1060006@columbus.rr.com> Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:19:14 -0500 From: Paul McFerrin Reply-To: pmcferrin@columbus.rr.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave Korn , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Your setting Return-Path to YOU in your cygwin@cygwin postings References: <49ADA916.40700@columbus.rr.com> <49ADBA0D.6040405@gmail.com> <49ADEF5E.3060804@columbus.rr.com> <49ADF5B5.5000102@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49ADF5B5.5000102@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Dave: I examined your email headers and discovered that in your postings to cygwin@cygwin.com, you are setting "Return-Path: " in your email header so naturally everyone who is "replying" to sender will be sending YOU their reply, not cygwin@cygwin.com. This could explain why you are getting so much direct replies. There may be those who are abusing the priviledge by bypassing the mailing list, but I was not aware of this problem and never intended to go outside the mailing list. Paul McFerrin, Lucent Retiree -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/