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Re: debian-user list problem



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On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 06:50:13PM +0100, Brian wrote:

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> Can we discard this crystal ball of yours and cast a few runes or examine
> chicken entrails instead? :)

:-)

> X-Spam-Status gives a list of SpamAssassin tests that returned a non-zero
> value. I am going to assume the Debian mailing list for -user assigns a
> negative score if the poster is a list member (why should your score be
> pushed closer to 4.0?).

sounds plausible: but still, why specifically "-user" and not just "subscribed
to any Debian list"? Both would make kind of sense.

> Which raises the question of whether maderios was ever unsubscribed from
> -user. This will remove his motivation for having to reprimand his cat
> for being underhand or devious. It leaves open the question whether the
> resubscription did any good or if it was some other readjustment of the
> system which restored reception of list mails.

I'm all for the poor cat, although I'm confident Madarias is a nice person.
Re-subscription seems to have solved the issue anyhow. Besides the cat,
a couple of bounces to the list might de-activate the subscription.

> > -user? or just any debian.org list? Only postmasters know...
> 
> The incidence of LDOSUBSCRIBER in my -systemd archive is zero. Other
> lists do not appear to rely on it in the same way as -user.

Well, that settles the one point above. Chicken entrails seem to be
more accurate than crystal balls :-)

regards
- -- tomás
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