[HCoop-Discuss] Moderating posts by non-members to hcoop-discuss mailing list

[srikanth sastry]

Oh, that can be arranged. We can add non-hcoop email addresses to the
mailing list.
Clinton, correct me if I am wrong, but we can 'bounce' messages from
non-members, right?

-srikanth

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Lauren McNees <lauren at hcoop.net> wrote:
> It seems like some improvement/automation of the system would be
> helpful. I sometimes email the hcoop lists from my non-hcoop email
> address (because they're all part of the same Inbox, and I forget to
> change the "from" field before I hit send) and I'm never sure whether
> those emails require approval or whether my non-hcoop email address
> has already been permanently approved for list submission. So, my
> question is: is there a way that people can submit their non-hcoop
> email addresses for permanent approval? Also, can there be an
> automated reject message to the people who are not on the approved
> list, so that when their emails get rejected they know it?
>
> Lauren
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 7:53 AM, srikanth sastry <sastry at hcoop.net> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I have been moderating the hcoop-discuss mailing list for several
>> months now. The policy in place is the following: all posts by
>> non-members are held for moderation. If the post is by someone from
>> HCoop, then we add the email address to the mailing list and approve
>> the message; otherwise, we discard the message and the sender.
>> I have discarded over a hundred messages so far, and approved zero! So
>> I wonder if there is a point to the policy that requires moderator
>> intervention despite the moderator having to perform the mechanical
>> task of simply discarding the messages every time, without exception.
>> I think we are better off simply setting the mailing list to
>> discard/bounce messages from non-members.
>>
>> Any opinions or suggestions?
>>
>> -srikanth
>>
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