Re: [tdf-discuss] Two moderator questions

Hi Barbara,

Barbara Duprey wrote on 2010-10-17 03.13:

> Are you saying that letting unsubscribed users post to a mailing list
> breaks rules? (That may be, but the issue has been discussed to
> exhaustion many times and still looks like Lilliput's
> big-endian/little-endian conflict!) If not, what rules are involved
> here? In any case the primary resources involved would be implementing a
> Reply capability in the LibO archive -- or settling on how to use an
> existing archive that already has that capability. Everything else could
> come later, as resources became available, though it would be good to
> have a game plan.
>
> I talked elsewhere in the thread about why I don't see forums as the
> answer for the general public, I won't go into it again here.

it breaks rules. Believe me, during my last 6 years in the 
OpenOffice.org project, I received so many requests by people who 
"accidentially" posted to mailing lists, without knowing what they are, 
and then afterwards wanting to have removed their data from within 
Google, the archives and the like. Each such requests costs tens of 
minutes of work. In contrast, telling people how lists work, what they 
do, what they are for, is a one-time job, and they need 5 minutes of 
time to subscribe.

Florian

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