It would certainly save work to have the mailing list software send
out a certain message whenever anyone is not subscribed, and I have a
stock letter (included below) that I use just for this.
Still, I like the idea of moderating because as David W. mentioned
when we discussed this a long time ago there are good reasons for
someone not subscribed to the list to be able to post. What I usually
do now is look at the question or comment and see if it is likely to
lead to discussion or to further questions, or if it is more likely
to be a one-off sort of thing like a "please contact me [here] if you
are interested in [this]", where this is often some paid work to be
done, something non-core to the project, etc.
So, we may want to hold off on this as such messages can be important.
-David
On Jan 2, 2007, at 2:47 AM, David Welton wrote:
Hi guys,
I have been doing OFBiz mailing list moderation for a while (along
with the ubiquitous David Jones), but now that you're your own top
level project, I would really like to let someone else take my place.
Also, I think it would be wise to decide on a policy for moderation as
a group. David J seems to be of the idea to not accept messages from
non-subscribers, which is fine, but at that point perhaps we could
simply let the mailing list software do the job? I guess you'd have
to ask the infrastructure team as well...
--
David N. Welton
- http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/
Linux, Open Source Consulting
- http://www.dedasys.com/
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User's List Moderated Message
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This question is a good one to send to this list, but it appears that
the email address you sent this from is not subscribed to the list.
Except for cases where someone wants a question answered off the
list, we request that people subscribe to the mailing list and keep
replies and such in public as much as possible. Moderating messages
from non-subscribed addresses also helps us pretty much eliminate
spam on the lists.
For details about the list and subscription (including the email
addresses to send a message to in order to subscribe, unsubscribe,
etc) please see this web page:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-ofbiz-user/
-David
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This question is a good one, but should be sent to the user list
instead of the dev list. It appears that the email address you sent
this from is not subscribed to this list. Except for cases where
someone wants a question answered off the list, we request that
people subscribe to the mailing list and keep replies and such in
public as much as possible. Moderating messages from non-subscribed
addresses also helps us pretty much eliminate spam on the lists.
If you are not subscribed to the ofbiz-user mailing list please
subscribe before sending your message there. For details about the
list and subscription (including the email addresses to send a
message to in order to subscribe, unsubscribe, etc) please see this
web page:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-ofbiz-user/
-David
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Administrative requests should go to special addresses and not the
main mailing list address.
For details on these special addresses, please see:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-ofbiz-user/
You can also find these in the headers of every email sent to you
from the list.
To unsubscribe from this list simply send an email to to following
address from your email address subscribed to the list:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-David
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