Re: Feature Idea: Enhanced Tab Completion

[Bob Proulx]

Chris Jones wrote:
> I had posted the following obfuscated explanation a couple of hours ago
> but since I was subscribed under a different address, it never made it
> to the list.
> 
> :-(

Actually it seems to have made it to the okay.  No need for an unhappy
face.  You do not need to be subscribed to post to a bug reporting
mailing list.  But addresses that are not subscribed are held for
human review before approval.  If it is an address that posts multiple
times then we usually add it to the list just like subscribed
addresses so there won't be a delay subsequently.

Looking at the timestamps it appears you posted the message at
14:08:08 -0400 on your machine and it was received by monty-python 39
seconds before that at 21 Mar 2009 14:07:29 -0400.  You might want to
adjust your clock. :-)

Then because the address was unknown it sat waiting for a human
moderator to approve the message for 1h15m20s when it was approved at
21 Mar 2009 15:22:49 -0400 and sent through to the mailing list.  I
personally think that is a pretty good turnaround time for an unknown
address to get through the anti-spam human moderation process
considering the total volume of mail going through lists.gnu.org but
since I am one of the mailing list moderators I am biased. :-)

This beat out this next posting 15m19s later which went through
without delay at 21 Mar 2009 13:38:08 -0600 because it was a known
address.

Bob