X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT 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 AT columbus DOT rr DOT com User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave Korn , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Your setting Return-Path to YOU in your cygwin AT cygwin postings References: <49ADA916 DOT 40700 AT columbus DOT rr DOT com> <49ADBA0D DOT 6040405 AT gmail DOT com> <49ADEF5E DOT 3060804 AT columbus DOT rr DOT com> <49ADF5B5 DOT 5000102 AT gmail DOT 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 AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Dave: I examined your email headers and discovered that in your postings to cygwin AT cygwin DOT 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 AT cygwin DOT 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/