Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Barry H." <nebarry AT verizon.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kenneth greifer" <greifer AT hotmail.com>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 1:02 AM
Subject: [b-hebrew] how long do b-hebrew emails take to arrive?


> This might sound strange, but Karl wrote an email to b-hebrew and he sent 
> me one directly, so I got his email, but it has not showed up on the 
> archives. I purposely set my b-hebrew account to not send me any emails 
> because I hate getting emails. I only read the b-hebrew archives. If 
> someone answers me through b-hebrew and sends me an email, I get it, but 
> if they only send it through b-hebrew, I might not see it for a while. Did 
> Karl's email show up to everyone else on b-hebrew right away or do they 
> get it the same time it shows up on the archive? Maybe the next time I ask 
> a question I should reset my account to get emails  if the archives don't 
> show emails right away. When I send emails to b-hebrew , they show up on 
> the archive right away for some reason, but it didn't for Karl's email.

B-Hebrew uses software that if you only hit reply from an email client, it 
sends directly to the person, and not the list.  Most software sends 
directly to the list, but not the Unix program (I assume) that runs 
B-Hebrew.  The sender has to hit "reply all" or take some other such step to 
ensure that the message goes to the list and not just the recipient.  I'm 
sure that's what happened with the message from Karl - it almost happened 
with this message until I double checked...  :)

N.E. Barry Hofstetter, semper melius Latine sonat...
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