Richard Damon wrote: > > Our users are moderated on subscribing, and then > unmoderated after a probation period. Some are moderated > again for bad behaviour, then unmoderated for a period, then > moderated again, etc. > > > > In making decisions about who to unmoderate, it would be > useful to see the user's history. I.e. when they subscribed, > when they were unmoderated, etc. At the moment we can't even > tell why someone is moderated, and the only history I've got > is the subscription alert emails I save. > > > > On top of that we have many users who unsubscribe instead > of turning off mail delivery when they go on holidays, so > they become moderated again when they resubscribe. > > > > Does mailman keep a record of this stuff? > > > > Peter Shute > > > To my knowledge, mailman does not keep track of this. I have > the list software send me notices of messages held for > moderation and file them in a folder sorted by subject. When > I get a new notice I can see previous messages about the > person. If you put a person on moderation, you could send > yourself a message with that same subject, recording why they > were put on moderation.
Thanks for that. It ought to be reasonably easy for mailman to log the moderation and unmoderation of list members, and subscription events. I wonder if anyone else would find that useful. It would need to let moderators log a reason for moderation and unmoderation. We are already using the notices as a sort of history, but because there are several moderators, it can become haphazard, especially when using mobile devices that don't have access to the archive of notices, so a central log would be more convenient. The idea of an email to ourselves about reasons for moderation is good, if we remember to do it. Peter Shute ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
