The biggest problem, as has been pointed out, is that a very large
number of people are totally unfamiliar with mailing lists, indeed, with
much about their computer besides the programs they commonly use.
Simply deleting any message that has been delivered to the moderator
won't really "teach those people a lesson," save the lesson that they
can't get any help for their OpenOffice problems.
All of us who can manage it should try to be a little understanding and
forgiving for people who don't follow all the rules they don't know
exist, or at best, are a little fuzzy about.
Perhaps after the third message from a person who has not subscribed,
demanding an answer to their problem, one could be a little more firm
than quietly reminding them to please subscribe. Perhaps even answering
their message by saying, "First of all...")
JimW
John Meyer wrote:
More to the point, why are these posts even allowed. Are we supposed to
take time out and send them a personal e-mail, as opposed to just
hitting the reply key?
WalterAM wrote:
Obviously, most of the time [moderated] in the subject is a good clue ;)
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