On 8/24/07, Matt Mackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My observation is actually from the other side, Alan. I run a list > that used to send exactly such messages and got complaints from people > in this community about running a subscribers-only list. My natural > conclusion was that the messages were considered to be a problem. > Given that the moderation messages from Mailman actually mention > "subscribers-only", I can't blame non-subscribers for feeling > thwarted, frustrated, annoyed, or inconvenienced when they receive it.
there's a difference between getting a response that says it's being held pending a moderator approving it and a response that says it's been flat out rejected until you subscribe > Since I was already whitelisting legitimate posters, I simply turned > off the moderation messages back to the poster. Now the fact that the > list is moderated is completely transparent and no one gets any rude > automated messages. that's easy enough to do -mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
