On 01/29/2009 06:23 AM, Witstert wrote: Note: rewrapped to 72 chars per line
> Hi Henri & Michael, > > Admonishment accepted and noted. Apparent subject change is not > applicable as I deliberately chose that sequence of emailed responses > as an example. When I download emails from this forum I receive every > email that is generated relative to each original cry for help > including my own. Hence, I have seen complaints accompanied by > requests for "unsubscription" resulting from the bombardment of > emails. It is also my complaint but I do not see "unsubscribing" as a > cure except on a personal basis. It may be a reason why some users do > not register and receive a "direct" response. As I see it the > solution is: 1. Set up a proper web-site based users forum still > requiring registration and requiring moderation 2. configure the > current system to download the latest ONLY of each email subject > inclusive of responses received. > > For example, in my latest download of emails (headers only) there > were several emails for each subject so before downloading the > content I deleted what I hope is the excess being earlier timed > (received) emails with the same subject headers. In doing so there is > a danger that I have lost some interesting information. Perhaps it is your email client that is at issue. This is a mailing list and as such you should received *all* reponses. If you prefer you can choose to read the list with a newsreader via gmane.org or nabble. This way you don't receive any emails, and simply connect to the usenet gmane.org server and click on subjects that are of interest to you. Alternately, you can unsubscribe and use the OOo forum. Please see: http://www.oooforum.org/ http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html http://www.openoffice.org/ml_guidelines.html for additional information. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
