Elliot Chance wrote: > > Also, if someone registers on the forum, do they get a major domo > > registration email? And if so, would this be set to receive no emails upon > > registration? I'm not clear as to how this step would work because, at the > > moment, mailing list subscribers have to subscribe on a list-by-list basis. > > So registration to the forum site wouldn't necessarily mean they'd want to > > join any particular mailing list. Similarly, could they unregister easily? > > And anyone who attempts to post to a mailing list they aren't subscribed > > to requires moderation, so we don't wish to exacerbate this. > > No they are not registered on the mailing list, but they actually don't need > to be, let me explain: > 1. John Smith has a postgres related question and finds the forums, he signs > up and posts his question. > 2. His post is then emailed to the mailing list under a generic registered > address like "mailingl...@postgresql.com.au" > 3. Bob House reads Johns question on the mailing list and simply sends an > email reply. > 4. The email reply is piped into the forum and matches the topic based on the > email subject (thats how it currently does it.) > 5. John gets an email from phpBB along the lines of "Bob House has replied to > your post, click here" (all forums do this) he reads the response and is > happy. > > This is the best balance of no-fuss and expert response, keeping in mind that: > * John can still sign up to the mailing list like anyone else if he wants to. > * All of John's forums communications are in the postgres mailing list > archive now.
Yes, I think this is fine. We would need to be more careful that a non-group _reply_ would now be going to a public place. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
