Steve Kopischke wrote, but this post doesn't concern him personally:
Marco:
While you have brought up a topic that may or may not ever see a
resolution, you might want to consider cutting back on the espresso.
Apart from Peter, Marco's detractors seem to have a difficult time
reading and understanding. Marco in fact proposed a very sensible
solution, and he did mention the technical necessities (a computer
that is not only constantly on, but online) early on. Instead of
replies to the point he got accusations - mostly from people who have
nothing to do with the manual editing and sending of the posts to the
unsubscribed. The same people claimed that the don't-change-anything
fraction in the thread was the majority. You don't have to count far;
do it and you'll see.
Your opinions seem to place you in the minority on this topic. You can't
seem to find a solution within your own e-mail client to manage the
small number of duplicate posts (yes, Marco, it is a small number)
because others are trying to show some measure of politeness on the OOo
lists to some who do not subscribe before posting or who do not follow
the instructions provided earlier today.
There is a difference between politeness on the list and politeness to
the unsubscribed users. While it is great that Peter not only relays,
but selects answers to unsubscribed users, it is certainly highly
inefficient to have all the regular subscribed readers waste their
bandwith and time with duplicate posts. Proposing individual solutions
like filtering for the list when the concerned individual is the one
off list doesn't seem quite right, or does it?
Some time ago, (on this or a related list, I don't remember) there was
a rationale behind the duplicates: It should save other readers from
relaying a post that has already been sent on, because the server
software wasn't able to do it automatically. Does this still hold? I
only ever see Peter (and CPH elsewhere) doing it anyway.
Different point: I, and certainly many others, at one point didN#t
know anything about mailing lists or the usenet (where I read the list
now), but I have learned. An automated mail telling people how to
subscribe to either service, perhaps with the comforting detail that
the footer in every post will offer an easy link to get off the list
again, should be enough. Educating people about OpenOffice and
pampering them about other computer skills don't go well together, IMHO.
klaus
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