X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF70D11F623A for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:14:16 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13485-04 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:14:07 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [70.90.9.53]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C8FF11F6089 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:14:05 -0300 (ADT) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id k3PDDo528776; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:13:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200604251313.k3PDDo528776@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: mailing list moderation of subscriptions In-Reply-To: To: Kris Jurka Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:13:50 -0400 (EDT) CC: pgsql-www@postgresql.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200604/171 X-Sequence-Number: 9947 Kris Jurka wrote: > > I moderate the pgsql-jdbc list and I always leave subscription requests in > the moderation queue so that the user can complete the confirmation as > designed. If they don't confirm after a week or so the request is > dropped. This evening someone approved two subscription requests. This > defeats the whole purpose of the confirmation system. Unless there is > some policy I'm unaware of I'd ask people not to do it. Uh, are you sure the user is told to subscribe and repost. Last I used it I don't remember that information. -- Bruce Momjian http://candle.pha.pa.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +