Re: [tdf-discuss] unsubscribed posters

On 10/22/2010 11:25 AM, Charles Marcus wrote:
> On 2010-10-22 11:38 AM, Barbara Duprey wrote:
> > OK, then I'm back to my initial position -- since informative responses
> > can easily come deeper in the thread, this technique (even if it were
> > supported by the list manager capabilities) would lead to such responses
> > failing to reach the OP without additional action by the responder.
> > However, if the OP is given information about use of nabble, say (either
> > by the moderator supplying general instructions, or a list member
> > supplying a specific link to the thread), then the OP has access to
> > *all* responses and no cc'ing would ever be required. This possibility
> > is supported even with no changes made through the list manager.
> Hmmm.. Ok, another idea...
>
> Just send an auto-reply to the unsubbed OP when they post anything, with
> a direct link to the Nabble thread, and inform the user that they will
> need to get their answers from there - although they'd have to actually
> visit the link to know if there were any more answers...

OK, but if this is sent before (or as part of) moderator processing, the message won't yet have made 
it to nabble, so there isn't a direct thread link available. I doubt autoprocessing could come up 
with the nabble thread link in any case, sounds pretty tricky. What I think would have to happen for 
LibO is for the moderator to supply general information about how the user can find his thread on 
nabble and "subscribe" to it (assuming nabble has that capability, I don't know it well enough to 
say). There are some related possibilities, I'm trying to get my act together to set up a wiki page 
for discussion.

> Anyway, it looks like I'm fighting a losing battle... and honestly, if
> the moderators don't mind all of the work, who am I to complain? I can
> easily just circular file the noise the situation generates...
>
> I think the best way to resolve this completely would be a Forum-Mailist
> gateway, where the unsubbed OP is automatically subscribed to the
> companion forum thread and will receive email updates whenever someone
> replies (via email or the forum)...

Interesting. So any unsubscribed user's post to the list would automatically be replicated on a 
forum (presumably the users.services.openoffice.org "Beginners" forum for OOo, and 
LibreOfficeForum.org "Beginners with LibreOffice" forum for LibO) and all subsequent posts to the 
thread, through either mechanism, would also be replicated on the other? Sounds really good, if it 
could be implemented.

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