Re: Misc. as part of usage testing

Mark, I wrote to you:

> I read your message, but I do now know how it got here,
> because it has:
>
>    To: freebsd-test@freebsd.org
>    Newsgroups: gmane.os.freebsd.test
>
> While posting via Gmane, you should only use the Newsgroups:
> header, as I do in this reply.

While sending a message via news.gmane.io, as well as with via
any NNTP server, the To: header is not used, because it is
specific to e-mail.  Gmane, however, automatically supplies it
on its end, filling with the list address.  What I said about
submitting messages via Gmane still stands true: you need only
specify the newsgroup (in the Newsgroups: header).  Gmane will
then receive your message, inject it into its own archive, and
deliver to the actual mailing list.  Give it some time to appear
in the latter.

When you specify a To: header with the list's e-mail address,
Thunderbird probably submits the message twice: once via NNTP,
and once via SMTP, causing it to reach the mailinsg list
sooner, at the expense of redundant delivery by two protocols
using two accounts.