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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT gmail.com>]

Robert Walton wrote:
> A Bcc would tell you that your message went out of Google's server and
> came back in and was delivered to you. Doesn't mean that the other
> recipient (the list) received the email.
>   

Normally, yeah, but the list puts the Homestead header on the mail, so 
when you get it withe the Homestead banner, you know it made it, not 
just back to you.
I am thankful to Jerry for that idea. 

> Google's logic is that you will be notified if a recipient didn't
> receive an email. It's a matter of trust, and whether you trust that
> Google did what they were supposed to do with your email.
>   

I understand their logic, and Marie's logic about having the message in 
the sent folder, but...maybe it was too many years of dialup-too many 
mis-sends, or maybe I am just vain and like to see my own name in my 
inbox, but whatever...old habits die hard and I was used to seeing my 
posts after I made them.  Also, sometimes, especially on this list, 
there would be a 'batch effect'.  I could make several posts, but they 
might not go through for a few hours, instead of immediately.  This way, 
I know exactly when the message hits the list.

> If your mind works in a way that you need to see a copy of your
> original mail to the list on a thread, before there is a response, a
> BCC would sort of do that. Remember, once there is a response, your
> original email in that thread appears as the first post in the filings
> of that email in your inbox.
>   

Sometimes, though, there is no response...

Bev

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