# Mailing list question?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/78176>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 3, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/78176 "2006-12-03T16:50:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex-osu3)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/78176/1 "2006-12-03T16:50:35Z")

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Hi all,

I just join another list at ruby-talk. I send the post to the following  
address only

removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

But they all appear in someone else post. How to avoid this problem?

Thanks,

Li

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**Author:** ![alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex-osu3)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/78176/2 "2006-12-03T17:06:55Z")

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On 03.12.2006 16:50, Li Chen wrote:

> I just join another list at ruby-talk. I send the post to the following  
> address only
> 
> removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid
> 
> But they all appear in someone else post. How to avoid this problem?

Do you mean they are inserted into other threads? Do you use the reply  
function of your mail client or do you create a new message from  
scratch? In case the latter we might have another issue with the mail  
\<-\> news gateway.

Kind regards

```
robert
```

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**Author:** ![alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex-osu3)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/78176/3 "2006-12-03T18:01:01Z")

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— Robert K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Do you mean they are inserted into other threads?  
> Do you use the reply  
> function of your mail client or do you create a new  
> message from  
> scratch? In case the latter we might have another  
> issue with the mail  
> ↔ news gateway.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> robert

I use the reply function of my email and the outgoing  
address is removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid.

Li

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**Author:** ![alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex-osu3)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/78176/4 "2006-12-03T18:07:02Z")

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On 03.12.2006 17:59, chen li wrote:

> > avoid this problem?  
> > address is removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid.  
> > Well, there you go. Then of course your messages will appear in  
> > whatever thread that you are replying to. If you want to start a new  
> > thread you should start with a _new_ message instead of replying to  
> > another message - exchanging the subject does not help to prevent this.

```
robert
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**Author:** ![alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex-osu3)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/78176/5 "2006-12-03T18:17:03Z")

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On Dec 3, 2006, at 10:05 AM, Robert K. wrote:

> In case the latter we might have another issue with the mail \<-\>  
> news gateway.

The Gateway tries to maintain threading.

James Edward G. II

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**Author:** ![alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/13edae/32.png) [@alex-osu3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex-osu3)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 9:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-question/78176/6 "2006-12-04T09:26:38Z")

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On 03.12.2006 18:15, James Edward G. II wrote:

> On Dec 3, 2006, at 10:05 AM, Robert K. wrote:
> 
> > In case the latter we might have another issue with the mail \<-\> news  
> > gateway.
> 
> The Gateway tries to maintain threading.

I did not expect anything different. 🙂 However, it seems the gateway  
is not at fault - instead Chen Li seems to be using “reply” instead of  
“new message” (see the other postings).

Kind regards

```
robert
```