Re: List Migration Prospects (was RE: Re: Hi)

On 15/12/2011 21:56, Larry Gusaas wrote:
> On 2011-12-15 2:27 PM Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
>> I double-checked what there is available to indicate that a post is
>> from a
>> non-subscriber: Nothing.
>>
>> The moderation acceptance of an unsubscriber-post is not accompanied by
>> anything that qualifies the post as seen on the list.
>
> On this and other OpenOffice.org mailing lists, posts from someone who
> is not subscribed to the list have the following Headers added:
>
> X-Validation-by: [email protected]
> X-Validation-by: [email protected]
>

On this list, perhaps - but I think I recall Dennis H saying, two posts 
up-thread, that the Apache lists had no similar flag.

> In my opinion, mailing lists should not allowed postings without
> subscribing. It is time consuming and a pain in the ass for people
> providing support.

I used to feel the same way. But if you want happy customers, you have 
to deal with the very newbies who wouldn't know a mailing list from an 
Arctic gale. Some people simply haven't the slightest clue about mail 
lists (or forums for that matter). Yet I agree it's a right royal pain 
having to answer the same questions over and over, and then yet again. 
Which brings me back to my [possibly Bayes-based] autoresponder idea 
that's just been so thoroughly knocked on the head.

-- 
Mike Scott
Harlow, Essex, England
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