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At 09:07 12/06/2000 Wednesday, Scout wrote:
>> It is like allowing a subscriber (perhaps a misbehaving one) to
>> change NOPOST to POST.
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>Never use that except as a marker with NOMAIL for subscriptions that are
>bouncing. If a subscriber is violating list rules.. they either go to
>REVIEW.. or get Nuked. NOPOST just means they'd bypass the list and
>send responses to list posts via private email to list subscribers.
My own attempt at a clarification of this, for those who have just joined
LSTOWN-L in the last year:
Setting a subscriber to NOMAIL *and* NOPOST is a useful management
technique when there are *multiple* list-owners dealing with bounced
mail. Instead of simply deleting the subscriber (also a useful
technique), the options that are set as a "marker" aka clue for the other
list-owners to recognize (maybe a couple of months hence) that this
subscription had had previous delivery problems. Besides the list-owner
"marker," it also prevents the poster from sending a spurious message to
the list, instead of to the list-owners, "why aren't I getting mail???"
The subscriber *finally* contacts the list-owners, probably via the
listname-REQUEST address complaining. L-Os then get a chance to
elucidate and educate about the previous technical problem.
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