In a message dated 2009.11.13 12:33 -0500, John Kaufmann wrote:
In a message dated 2009.11.12 21:56 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote:
... we now have a mechanism for looking at an unsub's post and
giving him a command that will result in his getting a digest
of the thread. He can repeat the request as often as he wants,
discarding the old digest because the whole thread will be
captured. And this could even be done from somewhere inside the
thread, if we didn't keep the original post, since it backs up
over the whole thread (* subject to some more investigation).
Opening the attached .ezm file (at least on Thunderbird) yields
a message to which you can reply; the only hitch I see is that
its reply-to is set for the individual, not for the list...
...
...
... After Reply-All to the .ezm, ...just... [delete] the To: header...
On reflection, then, the Barbara Duprey fix for this problem is:
1. As soon as a question is posted from an unsubscribed poster, reply
with a message like this:
You have just posted a question to the mailing list
[email protected]. Because you are not subscribed
to this list, you will not automatically receive replies
to your query. However, you can follow the discussion,
and reply as needed, by sending email requests for the
thread digest to:
users-thread-<Return-Path_number>@openoffice.org
In the digest that you will receive, each post in the
thread will be an attachment with the message number,
ending in the extesion .ezm, so read the messages by
opening the corresponding attachments. If you wish to
reply to any message, hit Reply-All to make your reply
go to the list. Also, as a courtesy, please delete the
address in the "To:" header of your reply.
[Ideally, we want this automated (topic of a separate discussion).]
2. Hope the unsubscribed user:
a) reads that reply.
b) requests the thread digest.
c) understands to open the attachments.
d) hits Reply-All to reply to a message.
[Without compliance on all of those steps, this method is moot.]
3. Hope the unsubscribed user deletes the "To:" header before replying.
[Without compliance on that, excess mail is generated to an innocent
bystander.]
Barbara, is that an accurate summary? If so, perhaps it should be
factored into the off-list discussion between Harold and Paul.
John
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