Re: [tdf-discuss] Two moderator questions

 On 10/17/2010 3:52 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote:
> 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

I understand, and you have my sympathy :-) -- but don't a lot of those requests come from people who 
*subscribed* but still don't understand "how lists work, what they do, what they are for"? I see 
plenty of those on the lists!

On the basic point here, is adding a Reply capability to the LibO archive a big effort? If so, I'll 
focus on the archives that already have that capability, and hope LibO will eventually be able to do 
this.

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