2013/10/6 Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> > On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 3:09 AM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 6 October 2013 01:25, Ricardo Berlasso <rgb.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> 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, > >> > > np (its Jan) > > > >> > >> 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". > >> > > > > I can understand that, and agree its a good idea. I simply wanted to make > > you aware that you might need a appl. admin to change the configuration. > > The admin situation is up for discussion (headed by another pmc member), > > and have been discussed quite a lot, but no decision has been made. The > way > > I worked and suggested to work in future seems to be too restrictive for > > some people, as a consequence the applications on our servers are > currently > > not being maintained, apart for security. > > > > As we both know, there is work in progress to start a admin ML, which > would > > fit this purpose very well (headed by another pmc member), however after > > the initial discussion, is seems nothing happens (at least no jira has > been > > created). I would not recommend a ML for each forum, the overhead > > (moderators etc) are too big, instead have the mailer put the forum name > in > > the header. > > > > So is there a reason why the admin mailing list could not be used for > this?
People here is quite used to mailing list, but most users don't. In fact, I know many people that will never send an email to a mailing list, specially if public: lot of people do not want to expose their email addresses on public lists. > I assume the traffic level would be low enough that it would > not be necessary to have N mailing lists for N forums. So using a > single ML point of contact for admin questions could make sense here. > > The other alternative is an email alias. So no mailing list but just > forwarding of emails to a group. > That makes sense. We can open somewhere a free account for each NL forum and then set an aoo alias to it. Regards, Ricardo > > > Sadly enough we have many good initatives like it, that are thoroughly > > discussed and then left to a slow death when it comes to the actual work. > > > > Sorry about that. We had that little thing called a release that > distracted me for a little while. > > Regards, > > -Rob > > > Let me know if I can of further help. > > > > rgds > > jan I. > > > > > > > >> > >> 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 > >> > > > >> > > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
