On Wed, 21 May 2008 10:34:50 +0100 Bob bob@openforumeurope.org wrote:
b> I am confused about the email lists we are using can you please b> confirm which we are using and who is on list? Only I am getting b> multiple copies of emails.
b> co-steering@certifiedopen.com b> steering@certifiedopen.com
There is only one list. These two addresses are aliases for that same list.
The reason you would be getting things twice on this mail is that you are sending it twice to the same list - once under each alias.
Also when people reply to your email, most mailers would send it once to you directly, and once to the mailing list. That is a feature of the mail program the person is using who is replying to your email.
Since modern email programs have duplicate suppression, you should only see that email once, though (whichever copy has reached you first).
As far as sending mail to the list is concerned, personally I would suggest to use steering@certifiedopen.com as the canonical address, as that is the shortest handle.
b> co-steering-bounces@certifiedopen.com
"<name>-bounces" is the administrative alias of the steering@ mailing list that is always used by the mailman software for distributing mails on an email list. The purpose for this is that mailman can detect when email addresses fail, and stop delivery to that address automatically.
This is not a mailing list itself.
As to the subscribers on the steering@certifiedopen.com mailing list, you can check that list yourself by following the URL at the bottom of each email that goes over the list. On the lower third of the page there is an option to see the list of subscribers.
Right now the following addresses are subscribed to this list:
alan.bell@theopenlearningcentre.com bob@openforumeurope.org coughlan@fsfeurope.org graham@openforumeurope.org greve@fsfeurope.org rod@openforumeurope.org
Best regards, Georg