On May 22, 2009, at 12:24 AM, Brian Barker wrote:
You mean so that everyone will receive two copies of moderated messages? And the list processor will have to distribute 5000 copies of them instead of 2500?
Yes, that's what would happen. (Replies wouldn't be duplicated, though.)
The first thing a moderated user will see is a message from you that is a copy of their enquiry with no answer to it. When they query this (to you), will you undertake to explain to these users what is happening? (And you won't send those replies to the list as well, will you? Please!)
I've tried to reduce the likelihood of these problems via the wording of the reformatted messages. Perhaps that wording could be made clearer, but yes, I expect some people would be confused and email me. If answering these inquiries became too much of a burden, I'd turn the script off.
All new subscribers to the list will write to the list asking why they are getting double copies of many messages. Will you undertake to deal with these enquiries, too? (And not copy your replies to the list? Please!)
Again, my intent is for the messages to seem self-explanatory to most people, but if they were causing significant problems, I'd stop them.
Do you not think that this scheme would result in many subscribers either leaving the list or else filtering to trash anything that comes from you (neither of which actions I'd welcome)?
Hope not, but those are among my reasons for asking.
Feedback? I don't want this message to sound as deprecatory as it probably does, and I *do* appreciate that you mean well, but I think what you suggest creates more of a problem than it solves.
Forgive me if I'm reading too much into your response, but I'll take yours as a "no." :)
Thanks for vetting my idea so coherently and thereby helping others recognize its good and bad points.
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