I have just seen another reason why I should migrate to Thunderbird from Mozilla mail :), but....On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 10:06 +1100, Brian wrote:
Hi Crystle,
I often see you forwarding posts with the message "As you are not subscribed, you may not have seen:", like the one below. Is there a better way for me/us to handle these? When the subjecy contains [users][moderated] should I/we post also to the author?
Regards
Brian
Brian:
(I'm replying to the list so that others will know).
Thanks for asking! I do this because I'm trying to help the moderators (GRS & CPH). If I notice someone responds to another who is not subscribed, I do this.
To tell if someone is not subscribed: look for the "Delivered-To: moderator for [email protected]" header (third Delivered-To: header). I do this by setting a filter to mark those purple in my evolution.
Generally, it is best to reply to these people through the list, cc-ing their address.
The [users][moderator] is not always correct; the header is correct always.
Anyone who wants to chime in to set me straight if I've got the proper etiquette wrong, please do.
I wonder what the purpose is of telling the list subscribers that an 'unwashed' person is not subscribed. Personally I couldn't give a hoot if they are or not.
If they have the opportunity to post to the list from the web whilst not being a subscriber, perhaps rather send their message through as the list does now, but automate the sending of the normal 'As you are not subscribed you may not have seen..'. Or if that cannot be done then if the moderators feel the need to tell someone that they need to subscribe ala 'As you are not subscribed you may not have seen..', then rather just send the message to the original poster. The people on the list already have seen the posters message and do not need the additional traffic, especially those on dial-up. Why do they need to know that someone isn't subscribed? Sure its handy if they see the moderators note before replying to the message but otherwise?
The notification about someone not being subscribed is by no means anything to do with OOo. Personally I think the OOo web page should be changed to allow people to submit via the web BUT warn them that they will not receive any replies unless they are subscribed to the list ie subscribe to the list and then ask the question.
Comments Moderators?
Regards
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