Whoa -- the migration will automatically remove and anyone on reject? J. Asche On 8/12/06, JYoung6180@aol.com <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: > I'm still very uncomfortable with the manner in which the addresses > currently on SmartList reject lists are being treated during the mass migration to > Mailman. Here's why... > > Let's say I have 10 addresses on reject but subbed to the list and I > moderate their posts. Mary is a good list member but I just can't trust her to post > on topic. Joe has the nasty habit of sending chain letters to everyone in > his address book including the lists--so I can't trust him not to be moderated > either. Susie is a valuable lookup responder on the list but I can't trust > her to only send replies that are on-topic for the list--and on and on as to > the reasons these ten people are on the reject list but still subbed to the > list. > > Along comes the migration and unsubs and BANS all ten of these people. > Let's say I, the admin, am not fully aware that this was going to happen and am > not paying full attention. > > Susie, Joe, and Mary and the other 7 suddenly realize they are no longer > receiving list mail from my list. So they send new subscribe requests. Under > the Mailman system--these people will NOT receive ANY notice that their sub > request isn't being processed but it won't be--nor will the admin receive ANY > notice that the people are trying to subscribe and can't--all because they are > on the banned list. > > This worries me and can only lead to Joe, Susie and Mary and hundreds of > other souls just like them swamping the HelpDesk with messages such as "I can't > figure out why I'm no longer getting mail from the Timbuktu list and when I > try to subscribe nothing happens. What's going on here?" There has gott be a > better way. > > Joan

I am thinking this new system is just going to whack rootsweb out of being useful any more ?? Any one know enough to enlighten me on this ? Dan M