From: mouss (moussml.netoyen.net)
Date: Tue May 29 2012 - 18:04:36 CDT

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Le 30/05/2012 00:06, Simon Brereton a écrit :
> On May 29, 2012 6:03 PM, "mouss" <moussml.netoyen.net> wrote:
>>
>> Le 28/05/2012 09:53, Georg Schönweger a écrit :
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> i'm using a Newsreader to read this list (via news.gname.org). But afaik
>>> i have to be subscribed to write to this list. And if i'm subscribed i
>>> will receive every post via email too, so i receive it twice.
>>> Is there a way to be subscribed without "receving" posts to my mail
> address?
>>
>> no. almost all mailing lists work this way (posters = members =
>> recipients). believe it or not, many of us have considered this problem,
>> but it's not a simple one (open lists such as debian lists currently get
>> more abuse...). I personally worked on a much much simpler problem: N
>> persons in a company are subscribed to a single list: the company gets N
>> copies of the sames messages. would there be a way to get only one copy,
>> yet allow each person to post "individually"? my anwser so far is: live
>> with that (not even pruning N-1 messages, because it's harder than it
>> looks...). keep it simple...
>>
>> to fix your problem, get yourself an address that you don't consult, such
> as
>> gschoewgere.postonlygmail.com
>> it's sub-optimal, but it's so simple.
>
> By default gmail doesn't show you your own post.
>
> Some mailing software doesn't either..
>

looks like you misread OP (I did at first).
the issue isn't with one own messages being resent. he gets the message
both on his email address via list re-post and on his news reader.

(and gmail behaviour is subject to debate, some like it, some don't. but
this is not the right list for such debates).

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