From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-24421.protonmail.ch (mail-24421.protonmail.ch [109.224.244.21]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 18D012110E for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:38:39 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=109.224.244.21 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1752208724; cv=none; b=PqGjWdanJPhL3WXXpIL+Xlr7Y+nPFiLycjPShdm/5OmutNvbV2n592jXtHM9/yrY58sJhdlF7V0fw07c6QJZ+hNQONuPTYYuKFmwwfD6QWJmD5I3Uxvk5QXi9iUibxNifoKnMFgqPhP8GFXSlCR+f1KCcGViiAqX3OC4++gg8FM= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1752208724; c=relaxed/simple; bh=vtYXsY+8rG7ChhkWChxhpnl6geAdmzEA+NhB3EXz4Es=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=aZGhBtltyw+Po83WoRTSs/WraupHMLHJHBuWXFwX+iV3Ks8n2fBWo0X00GFiyetyE0nLt8GeE8Qf4FIOZEaldNNszqL1+yZ5unJwz6HjUMHn0Hx37SJWfsehU0lJnLAW+Q60rpb6ne9M+eXoQcgmaAR7TsUtH6smzGICxtzps1Y= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=radonmail.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=radonmail.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=radonmail.net header.i=@radonmail.net header.b=hOo1D6Vo; arc=none smtp.client-ip=109.224.244.21 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=radonmail.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=radonmail.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=radonmail.net header.i=@radonmail.net header.b="hOo1D6Vo" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=radonmail.net; s=protonmail; t=1752208711; x=1752467911; bh=ZQIlbjEtP1LKGIUMC1MoA4zAwFwuhl+/Upbi7SSP9SA=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=hOo1D6VoAwrrXVShIeul914y9zmZ/7jVZfLAmqbQkJgE4Hww/TXeE+j7Ck8DOhWC+ bThts1RdPFvTKwQ2fUisR4kFmwdysI9i1anvg9sfugHPN5Gr1S7cVMbPZqVp5sGk7q 8Yed8DUtv6IvMmV4+bkEcqBPxJudpKfuylQ/0qjq7kVdxOTIJwtxgnMhCF5D2huCfv gPdSXB+tuEvG4ta8Z/m/GmX0S3pvGBZdjcs5E/ISUbWS/4gYJaH7x9LLHkO3AbIJC1 j5zyA0PYyBc/pfIVSjnHKx52QkfaB/hqxqwbZD1Dv+njI7mjEu1+kl3dxbseH363Hk Y5CNAuCISY6CA== Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:38:30 +0000 To: Ryan Matthews From: Benjamin Kiefl Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: "Abuse" of this ML for mail-setup-test Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: <0198dc5a-9f33-4ae2-87c5-1242216c6620@app.fastmail.com> Feedback-ID: 150237451:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: 815b11cda613ff26fbe85770b4e3e0afe68c29bf Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 11:13:30PM -0400, Ryan Matthews wrote: > On Thu, Jul 10, 2025, at 16:46, Benjamin Kiefl wrote: > > If there's any better way to do such a test (for potential future > > use or setup fine-tuning) I'd also appreciate a recommendation. >=20 > Actually, I suggest to experiment and practice with mutt (or any mail > client) by sending emails back and forth to yourself between two email > accounts. Use it to send mail to a friend. etc Did this before sending to here of course, more than once, during initial s= etup phase, but was unsure as to sending to a mailing list. But there simply see= ms to be far less "magic" to it than originally envisioned. > When using git send-email, use the --dry-run and --suppress-cc=3Dall opti= ons > to make sure you got everything right before actually sending anything. >=20 > Then you can practice sending patches to yourself still without bothering > mailing list or other authors. Nice, thanks, mirrors the advice I've read elsewhere, but good to read confirmation. Thanks for the suggestion. > One day when you're ready to send a message or a patch to a public mailin= g > list, you can do a similar test by first sending it here (but not CCing > everyone else). Look at lore.kernel.org and see if it worked like you > expected. Make sure it's formatted correctly in plain text, etc. Final > step, send to the real list with all the real CCs and everything. >=20 > That way you're not making unnecessary test noises for everyone else. >=20 > Hope that helps. >=20 > -- Ryan Yep, that helps, and thanks for responding. -- Benjamin