-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------- Original Message -------- From: M. Fioretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu 24 Jan 2008 17:05:39 EST
| On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 13:32:53 PM +1100, Dave Barton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | wrote: | |> Having been subscribed to this list almost from it's inception, I have |> seen this this argument/issue raised ad-nauseam, so I have avoided |> buying into the recent exchanges. Now I would like to put forward a |> proposal for consideration, similar to one I have submitted previously. | ... |> The General Outline Of My proposal: |> |> * Create an "Contact On-Line Support" (COLS) Page, with a link clearly |> displayed on the OOo home page. Maybe the same option on |> support.openoffice.org | | No problem for me. I'll just add: | |> PROS: | | hyperactive subscribers who cannot be bothered to conform to the list | guidelines are made happy As the saying goes: "You can't please all the people all of the time" ;) |> CONS: | | it does nothing to solve the actual problem, as I explained very | clearly yesterday the "[user][moderated]" subject are just a symptom | of something else. No I am not proposing anything to immediately solve the issue you have been raising, but if implemented, my proposal would solve the problem, because the script would require the user to enter something in the subject line and other fields, or the message would not be sent. | and you are going to get *tons* of complaints, much more than what | happened in these threads, about this: | |> * Non-subscribed newsgroup posters will not be able post directly to the |> list, as appears to be the case now. | | (not from me, mind you: I have nothing against blocking messages from | newsgroup interfaces) | | Again, if you can stand the flames coming to you for this, that's fine | with me. | | Marco Nah! I am old enough and ugly enough, not to let it bother me. :) Dave -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHmDxH7asJm/pW/p8RAghbAJ9hX1yd8v0Ny/Z9fGcX/5MCvf6RHACfR8Fu liMlYSRFx/C1SynoFraoE5A= =LHPB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
