jonathon wrote:
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
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