Python question

[Steve D'Aprano]

On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 10:35 pm, Cameron Simpson wrote:

> On 26Mar2017 20:55, Steve D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>>On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 01:55 pm, cs at zip.com.au wrote:
>>> 1: He BCCed the list, not us individually. Look at the headers.
>>
>>BCCed addresses aren't visible in the headers. That's why they're BLIND
>>CC.
> 
> Of course, but the received headers etc show it passed though the list.

Sending to the list is not a bad thing. We know the OP sent to the list,
because his post appeared on the list :-)

The question is whether he BCCed a bunch of regulars or not.

[...]
> If the headers say it went though the list, _that_ copy went through the
> list, _not_ to your personal address (well, not from him; of course the
> list delivered it to you).

Unfortunately I deleted the email so I can't look at the headers, but
nevertheless I can categorically say that it didn't come from the mailing
list, because the python-list at python.org mailing list doesn't have my
address. I've always read this though the newsgroup.

I do still have the relevant mail logs:

Mar 25 03:08:36 ando postfix/smtpd[24188]: connect from
  mail-wr0-f194.google.com[209.85.128.194]
Mar 25 03:08:37 ando postfix/smtpd[24188]: 2093D1204E2:
  client=mail-wr0-f194.google.com[209.85.128.194]
Mar 25 03:08:37 ando postfix/cleanup[24192]: 2093D1204E2:
  message-id=<CAA+hu4Woa_D8-=PGTLVZqsvr7U42uMeBfHCio+ZS1amCS
  cCPDw at mail.gmail.com>
Mar 25 03:08:37 ando postfix/qmgr[3004]: 2093D1204E2:
  from=<abdul.sw84 at gmail.com>, size=3258, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Mar 25 03:08:38 ando postfix/smtpd[24188]: disconnect from
  mail-wr0-f194.google.com[209.85.128.194]

I'm not an expert, but to me that looks pretty convincing that the email
came directly from Google, not from the mailing list. Am I wrong?


>>Your interpretation doesn't explain why I received a copy sent to my
>>personal email address. I read this via the newsgroup comp.lang.python,
>>not the mailing list, and I'm not subscribed to the email mailing list. If
>>the OP had merely BCCed the mailing list, I wouldn't have received a copy
>>in my personal inbox.
> 
> Fair point. Though I thought I only got one copy, might be wrong.

Maybe you weren't one of the people he BCCed :-)





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Steve
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