On 2010-10-17 4:52 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Barbara Duprey wrote on 2010-10-17 03.13: >> Are you saying that letting unsubscribed users post to a mailing >> list breaks rules?
> it breaks rules. Believe me, during my last 6 years in the > OpenOffice.org project, I received so many requests by people who > "accidentially" posted to mailing lists, without knowing what they > are, and then afterwards wanting to have removed their data from > within Google, the archives and the like. Each such requests costs > tens of minutes of work. In contrast, telling people how lists work, > what they do, what they are for, is a one-time job, and they need 5 > minutes of time to subscribe. +10 It is a simple matter to provide a 'bounce' email automatically sent to non-subscribers who attempt to post to a list, that contains detailed information about LibO support options (mail lists, forums, etc)... but this would require a change in the website to provide a 'Support' link page to link to (please, please separate it out from the 'Contribute' page!)... -- Best regards, Charles -- E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
