Emailing this list from unsubscribed addresses (was: Re: using gitlab (or other) issue tracker instead of mailing list?)

[Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Timothee Cour wrote on Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 09:34:23 -0800:
> On this topic:
> 
> when I try to send an email to zsh-users@xxxxxxx from my main gmail
> (foo@gmail) using a different 'From' field (foo2@gmail) it sends an
> automated response:
> Delivery to the following recipient has been delayed: zsh-users@xxxxxxx Message
> will be retried for 0 more day(s)
> [and keeps failing]

_Why_ was delivery delayed?  There should be a technical explanation in
there.

> so i need to log to my other gmail (foo2@gmail) that i signed-up with to
> this mailing list. So looks like there is still a need to sign-up with this
> approach?
> [not using my primary email because this mailing list shows email in the
> open, unlike bug-trackers like the ones I listed]
> 
> Or am i doing something wrong?

I suspect that the "subscribed" / "not subscribed" distinction might
a red herring.  That said, you could try emailing zsh-users-allow-subscribe[at]zsh.org
from foo2, to whitelist that address as a sender without subscribing it.
(You'll need to reply to the autoreply)