On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm, for (2) I think you have to use [email protected] for me, then. Most of my > e-mail addresses (including [email protected]) are not associated with an > SMTP server, if I get your drift. > > Where do we learn how to send the commands involved in (2).
If you are a moderator for a list, you can send a blank email to foo-help. So, for example, to [email protected] That will return a list of moderator commands. > > If you want to experiment on how strong that condition is, register both of > those addresses above, and I'll see if only one of them works. > > I assume it is obvious when the list software does not recognize a moderator > sending in the required manner. > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Weir [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 16:40 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ooo-user] was RE: [email protected] [Was: Re: [Discussion] > [email protected]] > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:19 PM, drew <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, 2011-08-31 at 18:41 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: >>> On Aug 31, 2011, at 6:25 PM, drew <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 08:05 +1000, Gavin McDonald wrote: >>> >> Sometime before this thread has deviated into too many different >>> >> directions it may >>> >> be an idea if someone created an infra issue asking for the list to be >>> >> created. >>> > >>> > *chuckling*....what an idea. >>> > >>> > haven't had the pleasure of using JIRA yet, I could do this. >>> > >>> > @Lsit >>> > Is it just [email protected] for now then? >>> > >>> > Dennis, Rob and Simon as moderators IIRC. >>> > >>> > Going once.. >>> >>> Uh. I had already said I would enter a JIRA issue for this. I wanted >>> a few more moderators first and to get consensus on the attachment >>> question. >> >> OK - it's all yours...no problem. >> > > Sorry, I didn't mean to come off as being territorial on that. > > I'd also like to to confirm email addresses before sending in the request. > > > Dennis: [email protected] > Rob: [email protected] > Simon: [email protected] > Hirano-san: [email protected] > > There are two kinds of moderation duties that come up. > > 1) Passing or rejecting posts from non-subscribers. These require > that you either do a response to the email or click the embedded link > in the moderation note. Since the authentication tokens are embedded > in the moderation note, it doesn't really matter what email address > you use to deal with this. > > 2) Dealing with repetitive out-of-the-office notices, people who > cannot figure out how to unsubscribe, spammers, etc. This is done > by sending email commands from your moderator address. Sending from > another address or spoofing the moderator address won't cut it. You > really need to be sending from an SMTP server associated with your > address. At least that has been my experience. > > So if a moderator wants to use a different address for moderation, > especially considering the requirements for 2) above, please let me > know. > > -Rob > >> >> Best wishes, >> >> /drew >> >> > >
