> > I apologise for the slightly OT nature of this query, but I wonder > > why this list allows non-subscribers to post -- it generates the > > need for a moderator, and I also wonder how those people who do not > > subscribe receive the potentially numerous replies to their queries. > > > > All other (not-OOo) lists I am subscribed to are subscriber-only and > > they don't have this problem. > > Apparently there is a major problem in the way OO handles feedback and > questions, especially that coming from newbies: > > http://www.openoffice.org/contact.html > "If you post mail without subscribing, you will not be able to view > responses unless you check the archives of the list. The Mail List > page lists archives to the most popular lists." > > This is ridiculous and needs to be changed immediately. Apparently all > help sent to the specifically most helpless newbies on this list never > reaches them and wastes many helpers' time. I've only been here a > couple of days, but i can think of already at least 10 emails of mine > and others that i'll have to forward to the original posters' > addresses. >
It works quite well. You started to include the non-subscribers' address on the reply. Someone also notes that this has been allowed in order to help as many as possible. Chris --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
