Barbara Duprey wrote: > John Kaufmann wrote: >> In a message dated 2009.11.12 21:56 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: >> >>>>> End result: 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... >>>> >>>> I tested your theory using this original by issuing >>>> <[email protected]> and did receive the >>>> anticipated response (albeit only your message at the moment). ... >>>> I double-clicked on the .ezm and issued a Reply-All, which of >>>> course place your address as the To: and the list address as a CC: >>>> I quick edit of the CC into a To and removing your address and this >>>> response should make it to the list. If it threads we will at list >>>> know whether or not threading is preserved in replying this way. >>> >>> So far, so good, and thanks for following up on this. ... If it could >>> be automated, better yet! >> >> This is a slight wrinkle on Patrick's reply-from-thread: After >> Reply-All to the .ezm, instead of changing the list address from CC: >> to To:, I just left it as CC:, while deleting the To: header. Now, >> if this threads... >> >> There may be just one other consideration: We have learned that some >> users can be, well, clueless. The archive returns the thread as a >> summary with attached .ezm files. Can we count on the unsubscribed >> users knowing to /read/ the .ezm attachments? >> >> John > > It threaded here, and your mail client was apparently OK with there > being no To but only a CC. I'm not sure that's universally true, though. > > In Thunderbird, at least, the Digest shows all the messages inline as > well as having the attached files, and the only time the user would > need those is for answering follow-up questions we needed to help him. > It's easy to miss the inline stuff after all the Administrivia lines, > though. They'd have to get some instructions on how to use the Digest > stuff. I'm thinking of a quick summary in the initial response, and > maybe something else, like a wiki article, pointed to from the > response to go into more depth. I'll draft something up that we can > look at. Throwing another wrinkle at myself ;-)
When I tested this, I used an unsubscribed gmail address. When viewing via Thunderbird(IMAP) the attachments are clearly visible. However, when viewed though the gmail web interface there are no attachments, just the in-line digest. Additionally, if I use SquirrelMail to access my subscribed account, there are no attachments there either. I guess that means some of what we have discussed is truly in the hands of how clueful (thinking positive here) the unsubbed poster is. PatrickG. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
