Harold Fuchs wrote: > Is it normal for user to *not* have to subscribe before they can post?
OOo support lists are probably the last of the holdouts that one need not subscribe, prior submitting a post to the list. > This list almost encourages people to post without subscribing. That is a semi-official policy. > forcing people to subscribe is that it burdens the newbie with possibly 100+ > messages per day consisting primarily, as far as s/he is concerned, of My approach would be: * If the message is from gmane, then let it through; * If the message is from a subscriber, let it through; * From anywhere else, send a messages that points to the web forums, list archives, documentation, FAQs, and how to subscribe to the list; Either this, or a separate message will also contain a list of the ten most common posts to the list, and the usual response to them; * Convert the web based form for submitting questions to one that subscribes the individual to the list; The mailing list software should be able to handle the first three situations. (I know I could set that up using Majordomo, Smartlist, Listserv, or Mailman.) xan jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
