Hi, Am Mittwoch, 23. M�rz 2005 13:17 schrieb Doug Thompson: > In truth, I suspect/hope that the senders are clever enough to (B)CC: > the OP. My contention is that these repeats add nothing but noise to > the list as there isn't any new information. If the OP is deluged with > copies of the posts responding directly to the question, it is a result > of not registering and they are in complete control of that step.
Given that a lot of queries come from people who seem not to have experience with mailing lists (and may have good reasons for not wanting to subscribe) I don't think that's a realistic expectation. It's also not realistic to expect everybody to see whether an OP is subscribed or not. However, I agree that the current system is not satisfactory either. Can I suggest the following (I don't know if this technically possible): 1. Make a list archive that is visible to everybody that has some kind of threaded view. 2. When somebody posts a question and is not subscribed, he gets an automatic reply (as it is now) with says the following "Please note that you are not subscribed to the list and therefore may not receive all answers. You can see your post and all replies in the list archive under http://url.to.the.archive/correct.thread Please also check this URL for any replies." (The URL should somehow be generated automatically to link exactly to the correct thread). That way - nobody has to look out if the OP is subscribed or not when replying - nobody has to resend messages - the OP can be sure to have access to all replies. And everybody is happy. Can this be done? Cheers Stephan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
