2013/10/2 janI <j...@apache.org> > On 2 October 2013 22:18, Ricardo Berlasso <rgb.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > New forum users with registration problems do not have an easy way to > > communicate their problems to the board. In the past there was an email > > address that sent an automated message to a particular forum thread on > the > > private forum area. This system is not working since the move to Apache. > > Until the automated reply is re-activated, a simple mail box for each NL > > forum, accessible to forum admins and moderators will be more than > enough, > > something like forum-admin-<locale>@aoo. > > > > the automated message looks to be a simple configuration in php2bb, at > least as far as I can see. This could be a good challenge for new admins > (working in line with the proposal dave works on). >
Thanks, Ian, But even if simple, we need first an email address for each forum so users can send a message. If there is an automated response then better, but right now there is no way for a new user to "call for help". The only alternative forums have now (and as a matter of fact, it is being considered) is to open a mail box on a free mail server and to share the log-in information between moderators and admins, promoting that address on the forum itself. But that's a really suboptimal "solution": writing to a yahoo or gmail address to communicate to the "official community forum of Apache OpenOffice project" will not be right, I think: something more "official" will be far better. Regards, Ricardo > > rgds > jan i. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Regards, > > Ricardo > > >
