# Mailing list question **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [January 3, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/56135 "2006-01-03T22:15:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe-dumoulin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/56135/1 "2006-01-03T22:15:57Z")
I’d like to not receive the email that I send to the list (gmail already shows the sent version). I snooped around, but couldn’t find a way to do it. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe-dumoulin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/56135/2 "2006-01-03T22:38:11Z")
On 1/3/06, Joe Van D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’d like to not receive the email that I send to the list (gmail > already shows the sent version). I snooped around, but couldn’t find > a way to do it. Any ideas? Can you not just set up a Gmail filter on e-mails from “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” and to “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid”? ---
**Author:** ![joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe-dumoulin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/56135/3 "2006-01-03T22:50:35Z")
Joe Van D. wrote: > I’d like to not receive the email that I send to the list (gmail > already shows the sent version). I snooped around, but couldn’t find > a way to do it. Any ideas? Tell GMail not to show you the copy? James – [http://www.ruby-doc.org](http://www.ruby-doc.org) - Ruby Help & Documentation [Ruby Code & Style](http://www.artima.com/rubycs/) - Ruby Code & Style: Writers wanted [http://www.rubystuff.com](http://www.rubystuff.com) - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff [http://www.jamesbritt.com](http://www.jamesbritt.com) - Playing with Better Toys [http://www.30secondrule.com](http://www.30secondrule.com) - Building Better Tools ---
**Author:** ![joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe-dumoulin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/56135/4 "2006-01-03T22:47:27Z")
On 1/3/06, Lyle J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On 1/3/06, Joe Van D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > I’d like to not receive the email that I send to the list (gmail > > already shows the sent version). I snooped around, but couldn’t find > > a way to do it. Any ideas? > > Can you not just set up a Gmail filter on e-mails from > “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” and to “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid”? Oh, yeah, probably. _blinks dumbly_ ---
**Author:** ![joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe-dumoulin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/56135/5 "2006-01-03T23:30:25Z")
On 1/3/06, Lyle J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On 1/3/06, Joe Van D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Can you not just set up a Gmail filter on e-mails from > “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” and to “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid”? This works but keep in mind it’ll trash your message as soon as you send it. ---
**Author:** ![joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe-dumoulin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/56135/6 "2006-01-03T23:48:55Z")
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:14:58 -0000, Joe Van D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’d like to not receive the email that I send to the list (gmail > already shows the sent version). I snooped around, but couldn’t find > a way to do it. Any ideas? Oops, disregard my silly suggestion. _sorry_ ---
**Author:** ![joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe-dumoulin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/56135/7 "2006-01-03T23:48:57Z")
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:14:58 -0000, Joe Van D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’d like to not receive the email that I send to the list (gmail > already shows the sent version). I snooped around, but couldn’t find > a way to do it. Any ideas? Try sending a message to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid with: ``` skip ``` in the _body_. Looks like that might work. ---
**Author:** ![joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@joe-dumoulin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe-dumoulin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/56135/8 "2006-01-03T23:27:24Z")
On 1/3/06, James B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Joe Van D. wrote: > > > I’d like to not receive the email that I send to the list (gmail > > already shows the sent version). I snooped around, but couldn’t find > > a way to do it. Any ideas? > > Tell GMail not to show you the copy? I was hoping there was some option (like on the Rails mailing list) that you can set to not send yourself copies of messages that you send to the list.