On Tuesday 01 February 2005 09:39, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:[snip]
Fantastic! What would be needed to implement it to only send the unsubbed user a notification advising the user how to retrieve the article response from the archives.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..'.
I have a system to also do this.
The service of advising the users that they may have missed answers to their question is great, but the list itself does not need to see the email that the unsubbed user receives ie 'As you are not subscribed you may not have seen this reply to your question.' All it does is increase duplicate list traffic as the answer goes through the list twice ie once, as though the unsubbed user was subbed and then again when you send it to them telling them that they probably missed the answer. I am all for telling them that they missed the answer and forwarding the answer onto them but such an email does not need to pass through the [users] list.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?
It's also a reminder to those who reply to unsubscribed users so that they can make sure that in future their message actually gets to the users. Please do not forget that many users are not advanced and really do appreicate the fact that we do CC: them.
In all honesty, if they want help, which we gladly provide, they are free to ask away however why have the [users] subscribers having to suffer the additional traffic of the moderators telling them they missed a reply. Rather just send it directly to the unsubbed user and do not Cc the list as we have already seen the answer.
See teh number of "Thanks you's" on the list or replies *only* when the user is CC:ed.Oh I have seen them and do not want to stop them, all I am asking is that the notification to them not include the list address in the To: or Cc: field.
BTW: have a look in the archive to see previous discussions on this.Sorry can't do. I am on expensive dialup and would need to remain connected for a substantial time. Asides what could I search for at Google?
site:lists.suse.com "unsubbed replies"
Whom should I consult with, Daniel Carerra, one of the OOo web developers, other moderators? Any names/contact details you want to send me privately?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.
Your help would be greatly appreciated in helping to set this up or to improve the situation.
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