Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 16:54, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > > 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. > > I doubt people will really remember that. However, the forums could be > given a big disclaimer on posts saying that private replies may show > up public, or it could even add it to the footer of the message (sure, > nobody reads that, but at least we tried..)
Yes, that seems logical. -- 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
