While Brian and I have gotten into many a heated discussion off the list about the list, (And i've sent to the list from a non-subscribed email address many a time until he pointed it out to me), I think you should axe the emails completely, and send a nice little message back that says, "you can't do that unless you join."
But, you're the boss :) > -----Original Message----- > From: brian moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OT] Posting Delay? > > > On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 12:49:48PM -0500, Cameron > Matthews-Dickson wrote: > > Does anyone else have the problem of their posts being > delayed? I have > > noticed that when I post, I usually do not see the post > come up on the > > mailing list for about 3 hours. For example, my Sent Items > shows I sent my > > email about the "con_app" question at 9:15AM. It just > appeared for me now, > > at 1PM. > > > > Any ideas why this happens or anyone else have this issue? > > Yes, because people (like you) send from addresses that are not > subscribed to the list. Therefore, they have to be manually approved. > > If you want your posts to appear without my manually approving them, > then post from an address that is subscribed to the list. > > It's that simple. > > (Why more people are doing this lately, I don't know. But > except for a > period a year or so ago where a smartlist update changed the default > policy, the 'must be subscribed to post' has always been > around, though > I used to be online more often to approve things.) > > I -did- have a "You know, your mail will be held until it can be > approved" mail that went out when mail was held, but... someone > complained about how awful that was for some reason, so I stopped > sending it out. > > > -- > ROM mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom >
