James E. Lang wrote:
I know, replying to my own reply is bad form.
--On Monday, November 02, 2009 12:13:59 PM -0800 "James E. Lang"
<[email protected]> wrote:
--On Sunday, November 01, 2009 10:11:27 AM -0600 Barbara Duprey
<[email protected]> wrote:
Just a thought -- there is a link that can be provided into the
archives for
a particular thread. What if either (in order of preference) the list
manager, a moderator, or anybody on the list who knows how, sent a
message to
the unsubscribed poster containing that link? The poster would not
have to
subscribe (thereby getting what could potentially be a dismaying
number of
messages -- and often leading to a "please unsubscribe me" message).
Yet
they'd be able to follow the discussion, wouldn't they, to see any
responses
on the thread?
I don't know if it is doable to send an automatic reply to anyone who
starts
a new thread saying, "http://... can be used to monitor this message
and its
responses." An alternative would be to only send this message to
those who
are unsubscribed at the time they start the new thread. This is a
short and
sweet message and if it can be automated it will place little burden
on any
person or resource.
I've just looked at the archives and it is not a newbie friendly place
either. I withdraw my suggestion.
It's the same suggestion I made in the post you quoted, and I still
think it beats the alternatives I've heard. If you follow the link to a
particular unsub-initiated thread, and then "Browse this thread", and
then (if necessary) "Show max" on the "Messages 1 to xx of xx shown"
line, it shows all the posts on the thread, most recent first. That
doesn't seem too terribly complex, though admittedly some explanation
such as the preceding is required. And I'd prefer a threaded display
rather than the time-sequenced one -- is there a way to get that, does
anybody know? (You can drill down one subthread at a time, the primary
responses are listed below the initial response, the next level beneath
each of them, etc. -- but that does seem really cumbersome.) But at
least at first, the link may have to be supplied manually. (For the
curious, the top of this thread is at
www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=users&msgNo=199848)
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