[Lnc-business] nature of my PEBKAC error

david.demarest at lp.org david.demarest at lp.org
Tue Jun 19 10:57:15 EDT 2018


A Bit difficult to keep track of but I believe I got all the emails when they were originally sent.

David

-----Original Message-----
From: Lnc-business <lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org> On Behalf Of Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 5:09 AM
To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
Cc: Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos at lp.org>; Alicia Mattson <agmattson at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] nature of my PEBKAC error

Maybe that’s why I never saw that ballot I asked you about before - it wasn’t on pipermail either.  Mystery solved.

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 3:11 AM Alicia Mattson via Lnc-business < lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

>    Well, I've duplicated the problem with my email messages being sent to
>    the wrong place.
>    When I reply to a message that SOMEONE ELSE posted to the list, my
>    email system puts the list name in the "To" field.  The problem happens
>    when I reply to a message that I posted to the list...and then my email
>    system puts me (rather than the list) as the name in the "To" field.
>    If I instead do a reply-all, it lists both me and the list as the
>    recipients.
>    That explains why it was happening routinely with the email ballot
>    results.  When I send the results, I go back to the message in which I
>    started the email ballot so that the motion itself will appear just
>    below the results for quick reference.
>    I don't think this was an issue for the whole term (or the previous
>    term), so I think something changed, and I didn't notice.  Perhaps it
>    is related to moving the email list to the new server?  Maybe my Gmail
>    settings related to sending from my @[1]lp.org address to accommodate
>    the new list...
>    Our next email ballot ends on Thursday, so let's see if I remember this
>    issue when I send the results.  :-)
>    -Alicia
>
> References
>
>    1. http://lp.org/
>
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