On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 17:47:33 PM +0000, Harold Fuchs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On 04/01/2008 04:35, NoOp wrote: > ... >> The [users] and [moderated] tags flag that it is from an >> unsubscribed user, so it is easy to then cc the poster without >> having to look at the headers. The issue of recognizing unsubscribed posters is a completely separate one from the one one of how to deal with posts without a decent subject. Thanks to Harold for explaining in detail why this is so. > ... > As has been noted before, the *only* way to tell if the poster is > unsubscribed is by the presence of a "Delivered-To:" header > containing "moderator for [email protected]" At the risk of repeating myself, since it *looks* like I'm the only subscriber currently active who was here when this first came up: the *only* reason why this ridiculous habit to manually bother about who is subscribed and who isn't is still around is because nobody ever took the time to test and implement the solution which I proposed 2 or 3 times but couldn't do myself for several reasons: write a procmail autoresponder which recognizes unsubscribed posters as described above, stores their addresses and, whenever a reply to their questions appear, sends to the unsubscribed poster who sent the initial question: a notification that there is a new answer for him or her in the archives or a copy of the reply. whatever is easier to code. In order for this to work well, the autoresponder should run on some Linux computer with a 24/7 Internet connection. Before you ask: no, I don't have such an account available or time to code the autoresponder right now. Honestly, in addition to this I was so pissed off from the reactions I got the other times (all variations of "since I don't understand your proposal, you must surely be an hopeless moron, and what would my meaning in life be if I didn't need to notify unsubscribed posters anymore?") that I really don't feel like investing time in something that would be completely vanified by certain attitudes. Please don't take it personally: none of the current volunteers did this and I'm well aware of it, but I really don't feel like fighting this particular windmill to the end. This may change, but don't hold your breath and please do implement the solution above by yourself if you can. Marco -- Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how software is used *around* you: http://digifreedom.net/node/84 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
