David, I'll happily help with this if you need some help.
- Andrew On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 11:17 -0700, David E Jones wrote: > It would certainly save work to have the mailing list software send > out a certain message whenever anyone is not subscribed, and I have a > stock letter (included below) that I use just for this. > > Still, I like the idea of moderating because as David W. mentioned > when we discussed this a long time ago there are good reasons for > someone not subscribed to the list to be able to post. What I usually > do now is look at the question or comment and see if it is likely to > lead to discussion or to further questions, or if it is more likely > to be a one-off sort of thing like a "please contact me [here] if you > are interested in [this]", where this is often some paid work to be > done, something non-core to the project, etc. > > So, we may want to hold off on this as such messages can be important. > > -David > > > On Jan 2, 2007, at 2:47 AM, David Welton wrote: > > > Hi guys, > > > > I have been doing OFBiz mailing list moderation for a while (along > > with the ubiquitous David Jones), but now that you're your own top > > level project, I would really like to let someone else take my place. > > > > Also, I think it would be wise to decide on a policy for moderation as > > a group. David J seems to be of the idea to not accept messages from > > non-subscribers, which is fine, but at that point perhaps we could > > simply let the mailing list software do the job? I guess you'd have > > to ask the infrastructure team as well... > > > > -- > > David N. Welton > > - http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/ > > > > Linux, Open Source Consulting > > - http://www.dedasys.com/ > > > ========================================= > User's List Moderated Message > ========================================= > %%% Start comment > This question is a good one to send to this list, but it appears that > the email address you sent this from is not subscribed to the list. > Except for cases where someone wants a question answered off the > list, we request that people subscribe to the mailing list and keep > replies and such in public as much as possible. Moderating messages > from non-subscribed addresses also helps us pretty much eliminate > spam on the lists. > > For details about the list and subscription (including the email > addresses to send a message to in order to subscribe, unsubscribe, > etc) please see this web page: > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-ofbiz-user/ > > -David > %%% End comment > ========================================= > %%% Start comment > This question is a good one, but should be sent to the user list > instead of the dev list. It appears that the email address you sent > this from is not subscribed to this list. Except for cases where > someone wants a question answered off the list, we request that > people subscribe to the mailing list and keep replies and such in > public as much as possible. Moderating messages from non-subscribed > addresses also helps us pretty much eliminate spam on the lists. > > If you are not subscribed to the ofbiz-user mailing list please > subscribe before sending your message there. For details about the > list and subscription (including the email addresses to send a > message to in order to subscribe, unsubscribe, etc) please see this > web page: > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-ofbiz-user/ > > -David > %%% End comment > ========================================= > %%% Start comment > Administrative requests should go to special addresses and not the > main mailing list address. > > For details on these special addresses, please see: > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-ofbiz-user/ > > You can also find these in the headers of every email sent to you > from the list. > > To unsubscribe from this list simply send an email to to following > address from your email address subscribed to the list: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -David > %%% End comment > ========================================= > -- Kind Regards Andrew Sykes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sykes Development Ltd http://www.sykesdevelopment.com
