Message-ID:	<01FD6EC775C6D4119CDF0090273F74A4FD6819@emwatent02.meters.com.au>
From:	"da Silva, Joe" <Joe DOT daSilva AT emailmetering DOT com>
To:	"'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>,
	"'DJ Delorie'"
	<dj AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	RE: Remove me
Date:	Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:10:28 +1000
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Reply-To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com

Thanks for looking seriously at this issue, DJ.

IMHO, it is not really necessary to have a re-posting facility for
non-subscriber messages, where there is a post-subscription.

It is common practice to only allow subscribers to post to lists,
so most people would be aware of this and not post to a list
they are not subscribed to. If they do, they will be informed about
the subscription requirement and will likely be in a position to
re-post themselves after subscribing anyway.

Joe.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	DJ Delorie [SMTP:dj AT delorie DOT com]
> Sent:	Monday, August 19, 2002 11:37 PM
> To:	Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
> Cc:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject:	Re: Remove me
> 
> 
> > net and also in this forum, I think, we should consider to force
> > posters to subscribe to our forum before they can post here. After
> > all, that's not too difficult and there even is a web form, AFAIK.
> > DJ, can you do something about it?
> 
> A subscribers-only list is the only alternative.  My system currently
> doesn't support it, but I suppose I could add it.
> 
> The tricky bit is handling the case where a non-subscriber posts a
> real message, and we send them the subscribers-only note, and then
> they subscribe.  Should we keep track of the message and automatically
> send it if/when they subscribe?  Should there be a web form where they
> can click on their message to post it anyway?

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