OT: Workarounds: using mailing lists with gmail
- From: Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:57:45 +0300
Hello all,
As you all gmail users on the list are aware, you can't receive your
own posts through the list if you post using gmail (web interface or
smtp), because gmail siletly drops them as being identical (though
they're not) to the sent mail. To me it is very annoying if I don't see
my own posts in a thread, so I looked for a workaround to gmail's
stupidity. Until now I have two solutions:
1. Configure your MUA to save outgoing mail to same folder instead of
'Sent'. This is currently supported by most (all?) decent MUA. There is
a minor disadvantage (to me) that you don't know when your post was
actually sent by the list and you might get to wonder why nobody
answers. As we all know, on d-u these delays can sometimes be quite
significant.
2. Use a different smtp server for sending, with rewritten 'From:'. This
is my preferred solution. In most MUAs, the 'From:' is very easy to
setup. Disadvantage: it works only if you have access to a smtp server.
Some ISPs won't relay your mail if you're not in the same network (and
don't implement SMTP AUTH as an alternative).
If you know of a different solution please advise. I've seen a lot of
gmail users on the list who might benefit from this.
Regards,
Andrei
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