Message-ID: <01FD6EC775C6D4119CDF0090273F74A4FD6819@emwatent02.meters.com.au> From: "da Silva, Joe" To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" , "'DJ Delorie'" Subject: RE: Remove me Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:10:28 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain 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?