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[Linux for blind general discussion]

Tim here.  Because the list anonymizes senders' email addresses,
you'd either have to reach into the archives (if both parties have
been around sending messages on the list long enough) or communicate
the email address voluntarily either in the body of the message
(such as "you can reach me at blinux.list at thechases.com"). At least
assuming the mailing-list manager doesn't strip out email addresses
from the body as well.  To test, the previous quote should read
"blinux dot list at the chases dot com" for my Blinux mailing-list
email address.  All of this stemmed from some spammers harvesting
email addresses from the mailing list and sending explicit pictures.

Alternatively you could communicate via another medium such as "I am
either @gumnos or @ed1conf over on Twitter, where you can send me a
direct-message."  Or use a trusted 3rd party (e.g. you could send me
your email address directly now that you have ways to contact me
off-list, and then request that the other party contact me directly
at the same address and I can then send the messages directly
off-list.

But it requires the consent of the other party with whom you want to
communicate.

-tim

On June 23, 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hello Al and everyone else.
> How may I write to someone, if I want to explore a linux topic with
> someone off list?
> 
> > On Jun 22, 2020, at 8:03 PM, Linux for blind general discussion
> > <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> > 
> > My objection to using "literally" figuratively is that we then
> > have to find a new word for literally.  In the example here,
> > "exploded" is enough and is figurative anyway.
> > 
> > 
> > I'll skip the other stuff, and take a second of amusement that
> > this became a topic on a Linux list.  (Then again, computers are
> > quite literal--in their numeric fashion.
> > 
> > 
> > Best!
> > 
> > Al
> > 
> > 
> > On 6/22/20 6:47 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:  
> >> Yeah, I don't really get the objection to the word "share" in the
> >> context of telling someone about an experience, and while saying
> >> someone has issues is vaguer than saying someone's nuts, I don't
> >> really see such as euphemistic... granted, someone having issues
> >> could just as easily refer to everyday stress and/or bad luck.
> >> 
> >> I'm also okay with the word "literally" being used
> >> figuratively(e.g. saying someone literally exploded as
> >> metaphor/hyperbole for a fit of anger).
> >> 
> >> Then again, perhaps my inner linguist is just more of a
> >> descriptivist than a prescriptivist.
> >> 
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